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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.


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Katie Lam voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 1 different votes 316 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
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 99% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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 162 of 649
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 649
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
913
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
48.4 % of votes cast
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
205
51.6 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Appearances
100
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Tax
102 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API