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Andrew Western vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Helen Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 628 shared comparable votes.

614 same votes 14 different votes 628 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
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 66 shared votes
18 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 66 shared votes
18 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
747
1,014 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,921
2,417 eligible divisions
365
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,055
54.9% of votes cast
382
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
866
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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