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Chris McDonald vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 309 different votes 327 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 2 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
52 Aye 28 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
12
2.6% 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

92
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
405
+261.5 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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