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John Cooper vs Sadik Al-Hassan

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 Sadik Al-Hassan
Sadik Al-Hassan
Lab North Somerset

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sadik Al-Hassan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 383 different votes 389 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 110 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
620 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
48.4% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
269
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
69
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
134
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
90
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£192,748
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£192,748
15% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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