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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,480 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
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 8 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 3% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 78 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
78 Aye 34 No
44 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 62 shared votes
18 Aye 44 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
791
44.4% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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