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James Murray vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

James Murray and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 980 different votes 1,014 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
7 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 9 No
Benefits 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 20 No
Trade 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 113 shared votes
64 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
13 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
647
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
570
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
757
+611.1 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
4
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
58 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API