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John Cooper vs Michael Wheeler

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 Wheeler
Michael Wheeler
Lab Worsley and Eccles

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Michael Wheeler voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 354 different votes 362 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 397 of 650
Participation
89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 650
396
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
493
554 eligible divisions
167
42.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
245
49.7 % of votes cast
229
57.8 % of votes cast
No votes
248
50.3 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Appearances
17
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
108
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Contributions
23
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£199,765
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£199,765
12 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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