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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.


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 364 different votes 368 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API