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Tom Hayes vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Tom Hayes and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 214 different votes 217 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
238
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
248
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
210
+64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£222,072
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£222,072
2% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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