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Lauren Edwards vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 365 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 2% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
248
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
256
50.8% 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

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
32 of 34 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
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API