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John Cooper

Conservative Dumfries and Galloway

Voting record

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Voted for
7
Voted against
2
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%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 no vote recorded
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
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 No
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 No
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 No
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 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
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
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
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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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