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John Cooper vs Michael Shanks

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 265 different votes 275 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 525 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API