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John Cooper vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 242 different votes 261 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 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
57.1% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
563
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
59 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API