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Jo Platt vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 672 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 649 different votes 672 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 10 No
Migration 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 4 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 160 of 649
440
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,356 eligible divisions
225
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3 % of votes cast
215
48.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,018
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Appearances
113
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
42
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Contributions
235
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
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
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 19 Jun 2019
Aye
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