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John Cooper vs Mr David Lammy

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 Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Lab Tottenham

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Mr David Lammy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 97 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 93 different votes 97 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 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
48.7%
24% below average
Rank 623 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,156
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
696
60.2% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
460
39.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
26 years, 3 months
Since 22 Jun 2000

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
751
+605.3 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£268,880
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API