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Sir John Hayes vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Ben Maguire voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 75 different votes 260 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
8 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 92% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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