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Katie Lam vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 1 different votes 320 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
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 99% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
207
51.6% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API