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Sir John Hayes vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Edward Argar voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,880 shared comparable votes.

1,859 same votes 21 different votes 1,880 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
46 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 35 No
Housing 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
102 Aye 38 No
Migration 98% aligned 140 shared votes
99 Aye 41 No
75 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 200 shared votes
77 Aye 123 No
20 Aye 51 No
Education 99% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 No
40 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 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