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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 309 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 302 different votes 309 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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