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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 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 368 different votes 374 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 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

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 109 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
620 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.0% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
271
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
137
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
63
-99.0 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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
5
3 registered categories
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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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