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John Whitby vs John Cooper

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

John Whitby and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 356 different votes 362 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 30 of 650
Participation
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 405 of 650
492
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
551 eligible divisions
253
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
165
42.0 % of votes cast
239
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
228
58.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
86
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
73
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
108
-11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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