John Cooper
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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John Cooper is the Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
426
Votes Cast
£154,450
Expenses 2024-25
930
Majority
29.6%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£154,450
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 45,775 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
162
Written Questions
34
Oral Questions
171
Debates Spoken In⚑
232
Speeches⚑
426
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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2 AYE1 NOBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 12 May 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 12 May 2025
2 AYEData (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 7 May 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 7 May 2025
2 AYESentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill
2 votes · 30 Apr 2025
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill
2 votes · 30 Apr 2025
2 AYEPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Apr 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Apr 2025
3 AYETobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 26 Mar 2025
Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 26 Mar 2025
3 NONon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
3 votes · 25 Mar 2025
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
3 votes · 25 Mar 2025
2 NONon Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
2 votes · 25 Mar 2025
Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
2 votes · 25 Mar 2025
4 NONational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
4 votes · 25 Mar 2025
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
4 votes · 25 Mar 2025
Financial Interests(2)
Visits outside the UK
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
£4,587
Visits outside the UK
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 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
Visits outside the UK
HM Government of Gibraltar
£372
Visits outside the UK
HM Government of Gibraltar
- Name of donor
- HM Government of Gibraltar
- Address of donor
- Gibraltar House, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£372 return), accommodation (£346) and meals/hospitality (£200), value £918
- Destination of visit
- Gibraltar
- Dates of visit
- 24 April 2025 to 26 April 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Meetings with representatives of HM Government of Gibraltar
Registered 2 May 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by John in Parliament
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests are outstanding; and how many of those inquests involve use of force by the military, the police and paramilitaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans are involved in outstanding inquests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) military, (b) police and (c) intelligence services who were charged and prosecuted in Northern Ireland for any criminal offence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce UK dependency on Chinese supply chains for clean energy technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of public accountability mechanisms for the BBC in the event of it being granted a permanent Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that a range of commercial media stakeholders are consulted during the BBC Charter Review process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent misconceptions about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainable finance rules from affect
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access of defence SMEs to basic banking services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that compliance requirements relating to sanctions, export controls and anti-money-laundering rules do not
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of a lack of long-term demand certainty on the ability of defence companies to raise external financ
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