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John Cooper vs Dame Meg Hillier

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
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Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 323 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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