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Luke Pollard vs John Cooper

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 210 different votes 217 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % 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
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
104
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
2
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
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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