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John Cooper vs Sir Stephen Timms

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 Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 313 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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