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Christian Wakeford vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 682 different votes 1,060 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
27 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 87% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 14 No
Trade 59% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 58% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 51% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 90 No
Migration 15% aligned 114 shared votes
83 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
110
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
1
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
231
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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