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Helen Hayes vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Alison McGovern voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,548 shared comparable votes.

1,535 same votes 13 different votes 1,548 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
128 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
128 Aye 73 No
71 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 145 shared votes
71 Aye 74 No
40 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
40 Aye 98 No
33 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
39 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
128 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
128 Aye 73 No
71 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 145 shared votes
71 Aye 74 No
40 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
40 Aye 98 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
Participation
70.0%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
1,898
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,674
2,390 eligible divisions
1,045
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.4% of votes cast
853
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
746
44.6% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
66
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
127
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Contributions
494
+342.6 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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