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Helen Hayes vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,680 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,603 different votes 1,680 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
26 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
80 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 160 shared votes
85 Aye 75 No
21 Aye 22 No
Housing 5% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
22 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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 215 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
133
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Contributions
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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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