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Sir John Hayes vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 384 different votes 392 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
1 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
913
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Appearances
99
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
386
+247.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API