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Helen Hayes vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,191 shared comparable votes.

1,170 same votes 21 different votes 1,191 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
97 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
97 Aye 57 No
58 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
58 Aye 70 No
28 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
28 Aye 95 No
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 89% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
97 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
97 Aye 57 No
58 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
58 Aye 70 No
28 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
28 Aye 95 No
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 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 212 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
1,921
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
1,055
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
866
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
20
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 67 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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