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Lisa Smart vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 71 different votes 267 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
28 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API