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John Cooper vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Pat McFadden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 174 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 171 different votes 174 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 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API