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Helen Hayes vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,233 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
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 98 shared votes
69 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
110 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
63 Aye 115 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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