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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,698 shared comparable votes.

1,677 same votes 21 different votes 1,698 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
41 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 26 No
Housing 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
72 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 198 shared votes
73 Aye 125 No
96 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 135 shared votes
99 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 51 No
Education 99% aligned 70 shared votes
18 Aye 52 No
36 Aye 39 No
Trade 99% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 650
1,920
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,388 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
47.2% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
122
+35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
112
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
248
+97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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