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John Cooper vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 290 different votes 303 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 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 374 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% 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
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
14
-131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API