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Lucy Powell vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,460 shared comparable votes.

1,446 same votes 14 different votes 1,460 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
127 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
127 Aye 70 No
60 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
60 Aye 76 No
26 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
26 Aye 88 No
47 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
47 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 169 shared votes
104 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
127 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
127 Aye 70 No
60 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
60 Aye 76 No
26 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
26 Aye 88 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
1,576
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,898
2,390 eligible divisions
885
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
55.1% of votes cast
691
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
853
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
189
+37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
127
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API