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John Cooper vs Josh Dean

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 Josh Dean
Josh Dean
Lab Hertford and Stortford

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Josh Dean voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 419 different votes 428 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
39 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
54 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
54 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
92.9%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
576
620 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
49.5% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
56
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
126
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Contributions
62
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 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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