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Rebecca Smith vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 1 different votes 316 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
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 99% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
403
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
189
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
214
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

140
+62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
251
+112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Tax
87 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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