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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,665 shared comparable votes.

1,643 same votes 22 different votes 1,665 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
21 Aye 48 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
21 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 33 No
Housing 100% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 97% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
94 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 134 shared votes
97 Aye 37 No
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 162 of 650
1,870
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,390 eligible divisions
893
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
47.2% of votes cast
977
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

87
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Appearances
122
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
104
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
251
+99.6 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Trade
81 of 94 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 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