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John Cooper vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 309 different votes 318 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 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
70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,666
2,361 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
54.3 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
761
45.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 6 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
120
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Contributions
85
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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