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John Cooper vs Dame Diana Johnson

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 Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 46 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 650
462
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,417 eligible divisions
197
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
949
56.6% of votes cast
265
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
727
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

119
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
71
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
145
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
162
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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