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David Baines vs Helen Hayes

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

Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North
vs
Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

David Baines and Helen Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 0 different votes 323 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
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

27
-56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
105
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
133
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
1
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

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API