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Brian Leishman vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth
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Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 308 different votes 327 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
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
23
5.3% 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

136
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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

£182,647
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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