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Nick Smith vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,412 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
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 3% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
71 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 147 shared votes
78 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 71 shared votes
22 Aye 49 No
27 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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