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Blair McDougall vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 309 different votes 330 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 3% aligned 74 shared votes
26 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
14
3.3% 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

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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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