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Sir John Hayes vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 683 different votes 708 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
11 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
38 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
38 Aye 81 No
Tax 3% aligned 119 shared votes
78 Aye 41 No
84 Aye 21 No
Migration 1% aligned 105 shared votes
20 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 32 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 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 160 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
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
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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