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Andrew Cooper vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 311 different votes 316 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

92.3 %
20 % above average
Rank 11 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
515
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
261
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
254
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

68
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
91
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
105
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API