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Matt Bishop vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 234 different votes 240 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
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API