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Edward Argar vs Helen Hayes

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Helen Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,713 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,631 different votes 1,713 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
14 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
75 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 188 shared votes
115 Aye 73 No
14 Aye 37 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
85 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 154 shared votes
69 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 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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