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Sarah Jones vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,141 different votes 1,179 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
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 9 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
92 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 155 shared votes
59 Aye 96 No
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 2% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
100 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 143 shared votes
41 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 118 shared votes
66 Aye 52 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
628
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
552
+408.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API