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Sir John Hayes vs Dr Peter Prinsley

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 Dr Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Dr Peter Prinsley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 338 different votes 345 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 46 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.0 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 650
1,921
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
558 eligible divisions
908
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.6 % of votes cast
1,013
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
230
49.4 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Appearances
144
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
199
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
190
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£206,728
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£206,728
9 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
60 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API