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Sammy Wilson vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,290 shared comparable votes.

1,028 same votes 262 different votes 1,290 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
13 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 20 No
Energy 93% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 119 No
Brexit / EU 89% aligned 189 shared votes
70 Aye 119 No
79 Aye 106 No
Tax 86% aligned 185 shared votes
67 Aye 118 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 61% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 63% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
52 Aye 27 No
Migration 65% aligned 79 shared votes
60 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
74 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 130 shared votes
72 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
227
+83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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