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Helen Hayes vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,074 different votes 1,127 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
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
54 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 146 shared votes
51 Aye 95 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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