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Sir John Hayes vs Catherine McKinnell

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

Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
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Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,372 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,312 different votes 1,372 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
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 26 No
Trade 5% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 3% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
919
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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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