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John Cooper vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 1 different votes 329 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
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API