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Heidi Alexander vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 529 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 517 different votes 529 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
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 8 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 3 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
37 Aye 62 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
81.9%
10% above average
Rank 158 of 649
673
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,939
2,368 eligible divisions
382
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
47.2% of votes cast
291
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
108
+28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
Contributions
225
+85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Housing
37 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
47 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
35 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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