Sir John Hayes MP: votes, interests and costs
Sir John Hayes represents South Holland and The Deepings in the House of Commons for Conservative and has done since 1 May 1997.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Sir John Hayes as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 11 December 2024 | Current |
| Panel of Chairs | 27 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Transport) | Department for Transport | 15 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 |
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) | Home Office | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 |
| Minister of State (Department for Transport) | Department for Transport | 15 July 2014 | 8 May 2015 |
| Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 28 March 2013 | 15 July 2014 |
| Minister of State (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | Department of Energy and Climate Change | 6 September 2012 | 27 March 2013 |
| Minister of State (Department for Education) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | Department for Education | 18 May 2010 | 6 September 2012 |
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning) (also in the Department for Education) | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 12 May 2010 | 6 September 2012 |
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 19 January 2009 | 6 May 2010 |
| Shadow Minister (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships) | HM Official Opposition | 8 December 2005 | 19 January 2009 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) | Department for Transport | 10 May 2005 | 8 December 2005 |
| Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning) | Department for Communities and Local Government | 1 June 2003 | 1 April 2005 |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 June 2002 | 1 June 2003 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] | 28 February 2024 | 7 March 2024 |
| Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] | 11 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 27 October 2021 | 23 November 2021 |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 27 October 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
| Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill | 7 September 2021 | 22 September 2021 |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 13 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Administration Committee | 16 July 2001 | 2 December 2002 |
| Education & Employment | 7 December 1998 | 8 May 2000 |
| Agriculture | 14 July 1997 | 5 July 1999 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Vice-Chair, Conservative Party | 1 July 1999 | 1 July 2000 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0a36cd2198e7.
Register of interests
Sir John Hayes has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 23 November 2023 and the latest on . By category: Employment and earnings (2), Family members employed (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Strategic Adviser - BB Energy Trading Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Strategic Adviser
- Date the agreement started: 2018-09-01
- Name of the payer: BB Energy Trading Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: an international energy company trading worldwide
- Agreement starting 01 September 2018 - £50,000.00
Susan Hayes employed
- Job title or role: Administrative Manager
- Pattern of working hours: Full time
- Name of the person employed: Susan Hayes
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Lecturer in British Government and Politics at Richmond American University London - Richmond American University London
- Type of work or service being provided: Lecturer in British Government and Politics at Richmond American University London
- Date the agreement started: 2025-01-20
- Date the agreement ended: 2025-06-25
- Name of the payer: Richmond American University London
- Payment expected for services on 26 January 2026 - £5,880.00
Trustee of the John Clare Trust, which runs John Clare Cottage, preserving it and the poet’s works for future generations. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2019-03-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 24 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £223,735 for Sir John Hayes in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £208,938. Office costs came to £21,709 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £223,735.38 | £208,938.39 | £179,036.90 |
| Office costs: spent | £21,709.42 | £22,923.21 | £21,104.66 |
| Accommodation: spent | £27,882.37 | £25,999.53 | £27,853.83 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,040.73 | £8,668.06 | £7,301.68 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,322.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: South Holland and the Deepings CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Administrative Manager (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×3 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Sir John Hayes is recorded voting in 450 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 2,262 written questions from Sir John Hayes since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Defence; Department for Transport; Wales Office; and others.
Transplant Surgery: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the transplant waiting list in Lincolnshire in (i) 2023 (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library of the House of Commons a copy of the seven page report of recommendations produced as a result of his department's recent review of nuclear test veteran historical record, which w …
Department for Transport: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Wales Office: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
Treasury: Equality
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in his department's equality, diversity and inclusion team in 2025 and what the cost to the public was of their total salaries.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Treasury: Translation Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Pharmacy: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to ensure community pharmacy services in rural areas are accessible to patients with disabilities.
Wales Office: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f8a14f817e7e. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir John Hayes.
2024 general election
Sir John Hayes won South Holland and The Deepings at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,462 votes (38.0%), a majority of 6,856 over Matt Swainson (Reform UK). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · South Holland and The Deepings figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Sir John Hayes corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Sir John Hayes:
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