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John Cooper vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Apsana Begum voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 299 different votes 324 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
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
115
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API