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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 229 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 226 different votes 229 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 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
28 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 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
28 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 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 352 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
452
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
195
43.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
257
56.9% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
121
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Contributions
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 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