UK Parliament · member 5358
John Cooper MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names John Cooper, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 (registered 30 April 2026)
- International visit to Taiwan between 27 September 2025 and 03 October 2025 (registered 13 October 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 420 recorded divisions where John Cooper and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, John Cooper voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 419 times (99.8%).
This compares John Cooper with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £19,408 across 69 claim lines; 2024-25: £154,447 across 126 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 56 | £16,611 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 8 | £1,475 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 4 | £1,044 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £278 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £88,702 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 94 | £27,023 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £21,332 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 14 | £15,315 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 9 | £2,075 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — EDF UK CARD PAYMENTS | £970 | Paid |
| 26 July 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | [***] [***] | £965 | Paid |
| 14 May 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — INTERIOR GOODS DIRECT | £94 | Paid |
| 23 August 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Landline & internet package — BT BUSINESS BILL | £91 | Paid |
| 20 September 2024 | Office Costs · Cleaning services | Office Hygiene Products | £10 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year | £85,320 | Paid |
| 11 April 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — MERLIN OFFICE [200011899-1] | £86 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Hotel - London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £840 | Paid |
| 13 March 2025 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | RM ONLINE INVOICE PAYM [200011725-3631] [200011799-94] | £8 | Paid |
| 5 February 2025 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | WARWICK´S NEWS AGENTS | £78 | Paid |
| 3 October 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — EDF UK CARD PAYMENTS | £77 | Paid |
| 3 June 2025 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | WARWICKS NEWSAGENTS | £73 | Paid |
| 11 December 2024 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Energy Bill | £73 | Paid |
| 4 September 2024 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Newspapers | £72 | Paid |
| 22 December 2024 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | WARWICK´S NEWS AGENTS | £72 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.