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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 327 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 325 different votes 327 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
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 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
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
122
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650

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
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
2 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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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