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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,074 different votes 1,150 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
107 Aye 75 No
Tax 20% aligned 182 shared votes
64 Aye 118 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 16% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 12% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 18 No
Energy 11% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
99 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
900
47.2 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Appearances
94
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648
Contributions
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
7
5 registered categories
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

Migration
161 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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