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Debbie Abrahams vs John Cooper

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

Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth
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Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 286 different votes 295 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 648
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
892
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
736
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
15 years, 4 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 648
Appearances
86
+25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 648
Contributions
106
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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