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Keir Mather vs John Cooper

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 262 different votes 268 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
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 648
Appearances
86
+25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
249
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
106
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
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