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Yvette Cooper vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,209 different votes 1,264 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
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
102 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 167 shared votes
64 Aye 103 No
21 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 136 shared votes
44 Aye 92 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Migration
149 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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