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John Cooper vs Lauren Edwards

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 Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 368 different votes 377 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
38 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.3%
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
425
588 eligible divisions
Total votes
502
588 eligible divisions
180
42.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
49.0% of votes cast
245
57.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
118
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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