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Helen Hayes vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 14 different votes 879 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
80 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
80 Aye 59 No
36 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
80 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
80 Aye 59 No
36 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,921
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
1,055
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
866
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
20
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 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