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Helen Hayes vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,116 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,065 different votes 1,116 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
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
114 Aye 60 No
Tax 4% aligned 174 shared votes
57 Aye 117 No
3 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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