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Helen Hayes vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Michael Payne voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

395 same votes 14 different votes 409 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
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,926
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
1,058
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.3% of votes cast
868
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.7% of votes cast
20
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Appearances
28
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
140
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
31
-138.2 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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

Housing
64 of 68 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
111 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API