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Derek Twigg vs Sir John Hayes

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

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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,140 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,140 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
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 7 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
60 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 115 shared votes
57 Aye 58 No
20 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
94 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 140 shared votes
47 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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