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Jo Platt vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 534 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 516 different votes 534 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
5 Aye 6 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
70 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 105 shared votes
35 Aye 70 No
30 Aye 7 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 105 shared votes
36 Aye 69 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
66.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 499 of 649
440
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,559
2,356 eligible divisions
225
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
732
47.0 % of votes cast
215
48.9 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

32
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Appearances
7
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
41
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Contributions
12
-122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
Aye
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
UK participation in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust): Post-adoption opt-in decision 16 Jan 2019
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) Act Amdt (f) - Baron 15 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Third Reading 11 Sep 2018
Crime / Justice Migration
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API