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John Cooper vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 11 different votes 244 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
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 95% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
111
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Energy
47 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