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Sir John Hayes vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Katie Lam voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 1 different votes 290 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
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 99% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % 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

94
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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