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Cat Smith vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,564 shared comparable votes.

1,553 same votes 11 different votes 1,564 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
119 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
119 Aye 70 No
66 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
66 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
36 Aye 105 No
33 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 19 No
Benefits 98% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
119 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
119 Aye 70 No
66 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
66 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
36 Aye 105 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,898
2,390 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
55.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
853
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
127
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API