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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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No vote 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 Aye 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 Aye 230–256

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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