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Sir John Hayes vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and John Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 2 different votes 332 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
18 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 52 No
Tax 99% aligned 81 shared votes
30 Aye 51 No
18 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 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
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % 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
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
104
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API