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John Cooper vs Bridget Phillipson

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 Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 170 different votes 178 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 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
56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
60.1% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
531
39.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
573
+427.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
63 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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