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Sir John Hayes vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 310 different votes 314 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 57 No
Tax 1% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % 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
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension 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 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API