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Sir John Hayes vs Sarah Edwards

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 Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 331 different votes 336 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 58 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
57 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 539 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
695 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
58.0 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
185
42.0 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

94
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
33 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
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