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John Cooper vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 274 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API