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John Cooper vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 335 different votes 340 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 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 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
75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,783
2,361 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
57.4 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
759
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
49
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
122
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Contributions
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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