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Emma Lewell vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,407 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,332 different votes 1,407 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
18 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
99 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
61 Aye 96 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
60 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
64 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 65 shared votes
16 Aye 49 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.2 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,680
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
935
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
745
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
34
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 3 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
76
-62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Education
78 of 96 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
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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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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