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Derek Twigg vs Helen Hayes

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

1,252 same votes 14 different votes 1,266 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
113 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
113 Aye 61 No
25 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
25 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
23 Aye 36 No
36 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 12 No
Benefits 95% aligned 44 shared votes
34 Aye 10 No
97 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 143 shared votes
94 Aye 49 No
60 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 116 shared votes
60 Aye 56 No
113 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
113 Aye 61 No
25 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
25 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
79.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 649
1,371
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,875
2,361 eligible divisions
792
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,037
55.3 % of votes cast
579
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
838
44.7 % of votes cast
25
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 650
Contributions
121
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
31 % 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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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