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John Cooper vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 337 different votes 344 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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 650
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,282
1,626 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
52.4 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
610
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

84
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
49
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
45
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 507 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

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