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John Cooper vs Gregor Poynton

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 Gregor Poynton
Gregor Poynton
Lab Livingston

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 314 different votes 320 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 650
Participation
89.8 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
558 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
257
51.3 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
10
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
104
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Contributions
12
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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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