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Helen Hayes vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Tim Farron voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,254 shared comparable votes.

1,029 same votes 225 different votes 1,254 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
104 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
104 Aye 66 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 86 No
Migration 98% aligned 120 shared votes
35 Aye 85 No
23 Aye 26 No
Trade 96% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 13 No
Education 54% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
99 Aye 50 No
Tax 58% aligned 149 shared votes
87 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 63% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 17 No
Housing 67% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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