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John Cooper vs Mark Sewards

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 Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Mark Sewards voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 339 different votes 348 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
46.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 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 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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