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Dr Simon Opher vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 338 different votes 346 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
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
7
1.5% 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

47
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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

#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 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