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John Cooper vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Bill Esterson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 286 different votes 292 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 389 of 650
Participation
70.9 %
2 % below average
Rank 408 of 650
404
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,666
2,349 eligible divisions
169
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
935
56.1 % of votes cast
235
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
731
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

85
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Appearances
53
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
82
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
92 of 111 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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