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John Cooper vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sarah Owen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 276 different votes 283 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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