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Alex Baker vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 316 different votes 335 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 3 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
26 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
455
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
243
53.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
212
46.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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