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Sir Julian Smith vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,635 shared comparable votes.

1,613 same votes 22 different votes 1,635 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
36 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 28 No
Energy 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
89 Aye 31 No
Migration 98% aligned 120 shared votes
92 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
62 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 162 shared votes
61 Aye 101 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 162 of 650
1,848
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,390 eligible divisions
889
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
47.2% of votes cast
959
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

96
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650
Appearances
122
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
118
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
251
+99.6 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API