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Helen Hayes vs Chris Coghlan

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 Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan
LD Dorking and Horley

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 218 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 32 No
Tax 3% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 649
Participation
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 617 of 649
1,882
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
307
586 eligible divisions
1,038
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
179
58.3% of votes cast
844
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.7% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
119
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Contributions
72
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API