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Bill Esterson vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 302 different votes 309 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API