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John Cooper vs Kerry McCarthy

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 Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 325 different votes 328 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
Participation
78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 648
382
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
156
40.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
56.6 % of votes cast
226
59.2 % of votes cast
No votes
789
43.4 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

84
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 648
Appearances
47
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
104
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648
Contributions
67
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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