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John Cooper vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 323 different votes 330 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 650
Participation
83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 137 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
558 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.2 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
236
50.8 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
21
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
43
-80.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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