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John Cooper vs Emma Lewell

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 Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Emma Lewell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 303 different votes 326 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 6 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
115
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Contributions
74
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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