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Cat Smith vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,432 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,375 different votes 1,432 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 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 35 No
Transport 5% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
104 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
64 Aye 105 No
25 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API