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John Cooper vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Liz Kendall voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 196 different votes 201 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
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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