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Helen Hayes vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,414 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,361 different votes 1,414 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
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
98 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 162 shared votes
63 Aye 99 No
35 Aye 100 No
Migration 3% aligned 135 shared votes
96 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,838
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
1,022
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
816
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Transport
77 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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