Compare

Matt Bishop vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

292 same votes 4 different votes 296 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
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

53.9%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
340
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,921
2,417 eligible divisions
162
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,055
54.9% of votes cast
178
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
866
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Tax
85 of 121 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Trade
7 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API