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Paul Davies vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 425 different votes 433 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 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
57 Aye 36 No
Tax 1% aligned 93 shared votes
35 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,968
2,406 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,037
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

52
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Appearances
133
+42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
62
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Contributions
256
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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