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John Cooper vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 304 different votes 306 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
382
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
156
40.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
226
59.2 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
104
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648
Contributions
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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