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Sir John Hayes vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 896 different votes 944 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
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 24 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
66 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 115 shared votes
52 Aye 63 No
9 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 31 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
31 Aye 72 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
202 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API