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John Cooper vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Andrew Western voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 344 different votes 352 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 650
459
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
743
1,010 eligible divisions
195
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
364
49.0% of votes cast
264
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

116
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
140
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
320
+156.5 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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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