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Kevin McKenna vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Kevin McKenna
Kevin McKenna
Lab Sittingbourne and Sheppey
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Kevin McKenna and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 393 different votes 402 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 2% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
550
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,968
2,406 eligible divisions
277
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.3% of votes cast
273
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,037
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Appearances
135
+42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
44
-116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Contributions
255
+94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£177,255
22% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API