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Sir John Hayes vs Mr Will Forster

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 79 different votes 305 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
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 49 No
Tax 95% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API