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Sir John Hayes vs Dave Robertson

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

Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
vs
Photograph of Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Dave Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 374 different votes 386 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 55 No
Tax 1% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% 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
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Contributions
135
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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