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Sarah Russell vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 373 different votes 381 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

82.6%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
512
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,968
2,406 eligible divisions
258
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
254
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,037
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Appearances
134
+41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
144
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
254
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API