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Helen Hayes vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Paul Waugh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

438 same votes 1 different votes 439 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
53 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
53 Aye 43 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
53 Aye 43 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
129
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API