Mark Jones of Rice University ranks Texas House members in every session  from most liberal to most conservative in what is arguably the most  unbiased ranking done of the Texas Legislature. In 2023, in his final, revised ranking or Republican House members, Cook was ranked much more conservative (37th most conservative out of 85) compared to Burrows (74th out of 85). In other words, only 11 Republicans were ranked more liberal than  Burrows. Only 7 of the Republicans ranked below Burrows in 2023 are  returning to the House this session.

But, there is also the consideration of the rankings of the members supporting Cook and Burrows respectively. I ran those numbers and the Cook team is ranked on average far more conservative (28 out of 85) than the Burrows betrayers (47 out of 85).