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John Cooper vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 266 different votes 271 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API