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John McDonnell vs Damian Hinds

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Damian Hinds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,639 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,567 different votes 1,639 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
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
109 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 176 shared votes
71 Aye 105 No
39 Aye 20 No
Education 7% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
73 Aye 88 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 161 shared votes
92 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 68 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,039
2,361 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
979
48.0 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.0 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
84 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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