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Sir John Whittingdale vs Tom Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Tom Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 285 different votes 291 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
49.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
210
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API