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John Cooper vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 216 different votes 219 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
0 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
25 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
0 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
25 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
1% above average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
420
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
176
41.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
244
58.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

100
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
119
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
167 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API