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John Cooper vs Gerald Jones

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 Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Gerald Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 356 different votes 363 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,942
2,406 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,082
55.7% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
860
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
137
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
41
-121.0 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£278,380
23% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
86 of 96 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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