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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.


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,467 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,404 different votes 1,467 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
49 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 68 shared votes
19 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
900
47.2 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API