Reception
At the 2002 British Soap Awards Hordley was nominated for "Sexiest Male" and "Villian of the Year". At the 2007 British Soap Awards Hordley was nominated for "Sexiest Male", "Villian of the Year" and "Best Exit". At the 2009 Inside Soap Awards Hordley was nominated for "Best Bad Boy" while Cain's and Debbie's custody battle for Sarah was nominated for "Best Storyline". At the 2010 British Soap Awards Hordley was nominated for "Sexiest Male" and "Villain Of The Year". For his portrayal of Cain, Hordley was nominated in the category of "Villan of the Year" at the 2011 Inside Soap Awards. Hordley was nominated in the category of "Serial Drama Performance" at the 2012 National Television Awards, for his portrayal of Cain. In a poll to find the "most kissable soap stud" run by dating agency Dating Direct, Hordley came 6th with 1% of the vote. Hordley was nominated for "Best Villain" at the 2012 All About Soap Awards, while the "Who Attacked Cain?" storyline was voted "Best Mystery" by readers. The character was selected as one of the "top 100 British soap characters" by industry experts for a poll to be run by What's on TV, with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover "Who is Soap's greatest Legend?" Digital Spy reported that Hordley received a mainly positive reaction for his role. Tom Lister who plays Carl King said Cain is a "great character" adding that it was a "coup to get Jeff back". Lucy Pargeter who plays Chas said commented on Hordley's return saying "I really hope that they get us together and give us a storyline which highlights the strength between them" before adding that Hordley is "amazing and everyone's so excited that he's coming back".
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