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John Cooper vs Gill German

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 Gill German
Gill German
Lab Clwyd North

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Gill German voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 346 different votes 354 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 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
459
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
627 eligible divisions
195
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
47.4% of votes cast
264
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

117
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Appearances
36
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
142
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Contributions
46
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 547 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
£150,075
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£150,075
34% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Transport
30 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 121 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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
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
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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