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John Cooper

Conservative Dumfries and Galloway

Voting record

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Voted for
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Voted against
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Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See John Cooper’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for John Cooper — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 427 of 590 (72%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 Aye
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 Aye
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 Aye
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 Aye
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 Aye
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 Aye
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 Aye
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 Aye
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 Aye
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 Ayes 187, Noes 351 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 Ayes 184, Noes 331 Aye
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 Ayes 188, Noes 341 Aye
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 185, Noes 344 Aye
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 167, Noes 350 Aye
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 Aye
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Ayes 182, Noes 290 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

John Cooper currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) — HM Treasury — since 2026-08-31 Shadow
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) — since 2026-08-31 Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for John Cooper →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Mr Adam Keswick
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500
Date received: 11 September 2026
Date accepted: 11 September 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 September 2026)

Name of donor: Mr Archie Herries
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 11 September 2026
Date accepted: 11 September 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 September 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: 2 Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100202, Taiwan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and transportation (£4,587), Accommodation (£885), Hospitality (£335), value £5,807
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 27 September 2025 to 3 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Travelled to Taiwan as part of a parliamentary delegation to explore cooperation opportunities between the UK and Taiwan
(Registered 13 October 2025)

Name of donor: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Address of donor: 42 Essex Street London WC2R 3JF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and transportation (£467.35), Accommodation (£330), Meals (£105), value £902.35
Destination of visit: Italy
Dates of visit: 17 April 2026 to 19 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Participation in the German British Dialogue
(Registered 30 April 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for John Cooper yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question John Cooper has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£174,219.27 paid out to or for John Cooper across 200 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include John Cooper’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £89,746.23 (8 claims)
Office Costs — £43,997.29 (154 claims)
MP Travel — £21,332.27 (5 claims)
Accommodation — £16,789.93 (23 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,075.45 (9 claims)
Miscellaneous — £278.10 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £69.70, 2026-03-31 — MERLIN OFFICE [200013613-12984]
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £250.00, 2026-03-31 — Painting of Front Of Office [200013634-48]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £179.33, 2026-03-23 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £407.64, 2026-03-11 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £331.80, 2026-03-06 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £407.64, 2026-03-06 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £407.64, 2026-03-06 — XMA March 2026
Utilities — £53.58, 2026-03-04 — Water

Every claim on file for John Cooper →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by John Cooper — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily John Cooper’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

John Cooper is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Media Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Whitehouse Communications (£13,501-15,000); Whitehouse Communications (£33,001-34,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Whitehouse Communications — about £48,001.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Media Group).

Whitehouse Communications — about £48,001.00, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to John Cooper personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups John Cooper is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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