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Chris Law vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,038 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 968 different votes 1,038 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
98 Aye 71 No
Tax 24% aligned 169 shared votes
58 Aye 111 No
8 Aye 13 No
Energy 19% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 83 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
83 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
549
44.9% 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
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API