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John Cooper vs Bambos Charalambous

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 Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Bambos Charalambous voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 314 different votes 317 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
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,507
2,106 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
858
56.9 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
649
43.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
19
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
122
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Contributions
22
-116.3 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,373
19 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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