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Helen Hayes vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Helen Hayes and David Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.
351 same votes
2 different votes
353 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.5%
7% above average
Participation
71.3%
1% below average
1,921
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
631 eligible divisions
1,055
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
49.3% of votes cast
866
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.7% of votes cast
20
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
96
+1.5 vs Commons average
137
-27.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
138
-26.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API