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Gareth Snell vs John Cooper

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

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Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
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John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 358 different votes 367 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 77 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

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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