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Tom Hayes vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Tom Hayes and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 326 different votes 334 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
29 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
29 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.8 %
10 % above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 260 of 650
462
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,344 eligible divisions
227
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
48.1 % of votes cast
235
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
942
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

138
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
Appearances
71
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
181
+57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
88
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£222,072
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£222,072
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Energy
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Transport
25 of 26 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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