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Helen Hayes vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Helen Hayes and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,390 shared comparable votes.
59 same votes
1,331 different votes
1,390 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.4%
7% above average
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API