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John Cooper vs Josh MacAlister

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 MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 331 different votes 338 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
558 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.1 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
233
49.9 % 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

84
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
68
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
203
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 49 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
34 of 37 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 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
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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