Compare

John Cooper vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Andrew Western voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 327 different votes 335 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
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
118
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
298
+155.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649

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
2
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API