The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Jim McMahon vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,350 different votes 1,408 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
103 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
57 Aye 104 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 33 No
Transport 3% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 66 shared votes
19 Aye 47 No
31 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API