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John Cooper vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Jas Athwal voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 389 of 650
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 650
405
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
564 eligible divisions
169
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
48.5 % of votes cast
236
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
246
51.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Appearances
62
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
75
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Tax
92 of 111 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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