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Bill Esterson vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,396 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,340 different votes 1,396 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
10 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 158 shared votes
54 Aye 104 No
19 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
63 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 136 shared votes
75 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API