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Helen Hayes vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,415 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,360 different votes 1,415 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
22 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
97 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
68 Aye 96 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 94 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
94 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,838
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
1,022
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
816
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % 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
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Transport
77 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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