John Cooper, MP for Dumfries and Galloway
John Cooper has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee; Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2026 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | 2024 to now | Now |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
John Cooper has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Mr Adam Keswick - £7,500.00 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Mr Archie Herries - £2,000.00 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Taiwan between 27 September 2025 and 03 October 2025 | 13 Oct 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
John Cooper asked 77 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
74 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
John Cooper represents Dumfries and Galloway. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
John Cooper won with 30% of the votes, and Tracey Little (Scottish National Party) came second with 28%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Cooper | Conservative | 13,527 | 29.6% |
| Tracey Little | Scottish National Party | 12,597 | 27.5% |
| James Wallace | Labour | 11,767 | 25.7% |
| Charles Keal | Reform UK | 4,313 | 9.4% |
| Iain McDonald | Liberal Democrat | 2,092 | 4.6% |
| Laura Moodie | Scottish Green Party | 1,249 | 2.7% |
| David Griffiths | Heritage Party | 230 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months John Cooper took part in 204 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
John Cooper voted the same way as their party in 203 of the 203 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this