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John Cooper

Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway, since 4 July 2024

John Cooper is the Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

72.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
415 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
160 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
2 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
185 Debates spoken in 152 written questions tabled

Ranked 321 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 No 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 No 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part Aye 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes Aye 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 No 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B No 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B No 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B No 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending Aye 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets Aye 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading No vote 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No vote 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No vote 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No vote 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No vote 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No vote 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No vote 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No vote 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 165–323

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£5,807

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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

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Debates

185 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,807 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
27 Sep 2025 John Cooper sitting MP Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other Visit £5,807

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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