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Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 367 different votes 376 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
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 3% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
112
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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