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Mr James Frith vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 664 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 630 different votes 664 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 3 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 10 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
11
2.5% 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

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
4
3 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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