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Alistair Strathern vs Sir John Hayes

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 422 different votes 431 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
82.0 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,912
2,333 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.2 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
99
+32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
176
+58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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