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Helen Hayes vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Steve Witherden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 15 different votes 433 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
56 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
56 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
56 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
56 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 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 208 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,926
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
636 eligible divisions
1,058
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.5% of votes cast
868
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.5% of votes cast
20
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
66
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
140
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
86
-82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Housing
64 of 68 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

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