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John Cooper vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 1 different votes 361 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
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 389 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 37 of 650
405
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,086
2,350 eligible divisions
169
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
965
46.3 % of votes cast
236
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,121
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

85
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Appearances
132
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
136
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Tax
92 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API