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John Cooper vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 325 different votes 331 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 650
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
558 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.3 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
28
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
34
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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
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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