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John Cooper vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 107 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 92 different votes 107 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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 375 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 613 of 649
423
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,266
2,372 eligible divisions
179
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
729
57.6% of votes cast
244
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
537
42.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
73
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
118
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
Contributions
845
+704.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
182 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API