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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.


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Andrew Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 391 different votes 400 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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 160 of 649
Participation
91.9%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
542
590 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
50.0% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
271
50.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649

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
4
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 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API