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John Cooper vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 327 different votes 347 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 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
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
53.0% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
594
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API