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Sir John Hayes vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,458 different votes 1,515 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
10 Aye 32 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
57 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 164 shared votes
106 Aye 58 No
17 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
76 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 142 shared votes
66 Aye 76 No
12 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 53 No
Education 0% aligned 70 shared votes
53 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 27 No
Energy 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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