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Sir John Hayes vs Patricia Ferguson

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 Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 309 different votes 329 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 13 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
52 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% 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
87
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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