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Matt Western vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

1,383 same votes 12 different votes 1,395 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
130 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
130 Aye 63 No
95 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
38 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
38 Aye 99 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
130 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
130 Aye 63 No
95 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
38 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
38 Aye 99 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
1,588
2,141 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,904
2,396 eligible divisions
884
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
54.9% of votes cast
704
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
858
45.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
107
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
73 of 76 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 76 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API