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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
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B No 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B No vote 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 No 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment No 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit Aye 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading No 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 Aye 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 Aye 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 Aye 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 Aye 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 Aye 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading No vote 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No vote 1–73

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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