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Andy McDonald vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,493 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,493 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
29 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
107 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 173 shared votes
65 Aye 108 No
25 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 69 shared votes
19 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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