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Sir John Hayes vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

1,489 same votes 26 different votes 1,515 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
74 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
74 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
41 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
22 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 29 No
Migration 96% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
66 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 192 shared votes
68 Aye 124 No
35 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
82 Aye 121 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
83 Aye 120 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
933
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

141
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
274
+109.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Trade
81 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API