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Sir John Hayes vs Andrew Cooper

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
vs
Photograph of Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
Lab Mid Cheshire

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Andrew Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 381 different votes 389 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 56 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
55 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
Participation
91.8 %
19 % above average
Rank 11 of 649
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
575 eligible divisions
913
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
50.6 % of votes cast
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
261
49.4 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,143
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,143
20 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
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