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John Cooper vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Ian Lavery voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 332 different votes 343 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 16 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
43 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
43 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
797
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

102
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
80
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
122
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
Contributions
108
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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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