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John Cooper vs Alex Ballinger

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 Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 342 different votes 348 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
462
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
197
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
265
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

117
+23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Appearances
92
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
142
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Contributions
171
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 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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