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John Cooper vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 309 different votes 317 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
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.3 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
774
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
86
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
120
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Contributions
146
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 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 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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