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John Cooper vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 268 different votes 288 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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 169 of 649
Appearances
27
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
115
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Contributions
45
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 527 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 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
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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