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Helen Hayes vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,563 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,490 different votes 1,563 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
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
38 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 135 shared votes
92 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
42 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
11 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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