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John Cooper vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 12 different votes 207 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
17 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
17 Aye 43 No
2 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
176
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
198
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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