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Sir John Hayes vs Dr Beccy 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
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Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 283 different votes 289 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
46 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
46 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
205
52.4 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
186
47.6 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
41
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
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
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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Voting source Commons Votes API