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Jake Richards vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 300 different votes 307 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
206
+63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
44 of 50 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