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Sir John Hayes vs Peter Dowd

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

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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,309 different votes 1,366 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
7 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 29 No
Trade 5% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
60 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 162 shared votes
101 Aye 61 No
6 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 40 No
Education 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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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