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Paul Holmes vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,203 shared comparable votes.

1,186 same votes 17 different votes 1,203 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
66 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
66 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 97% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 21 No
Trade 98% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
89 Aye 30 No
Migration 98% aligned 119 shared votes
91 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
1,435
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,967
2,405 eligible divisions
716
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
719
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

115
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Appearances
127
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
355
+201.6 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
248
+94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API