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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 352 different votes 360 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
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
30 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
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
137
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649

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

#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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