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Sojan Joseph vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 378 different votes 400 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 92 shared votes
34 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
552
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
276
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
276
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
14
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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