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James MacCleary vs Helen Hayes

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

Photograph of James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Helen Hayes voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 244 different votes 293 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 27% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.3%
12% below average
Rank 565 of 649
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
355
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,365 eligible divisions
182
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
55.2% of votes cast
173
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
841
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
92
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
103
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Contributions
120
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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