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Nick Smith vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Helen Hayes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,531 shared comparable votes.

1,521 same votes 10 different votes 1,531 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
138 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 215 shared votes
138 Aye 77 No
71 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
71 Aye 78 No
31 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
31 Aye 82 No
45 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
45 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 137 shared votes
86 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 39 No
Trade 99% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
138 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 215 shared votes
138 Aye 77 No
71 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
71 Aye 78 No
31 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
31 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
1,783
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,898
2,390 eligible divisions
1,018
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
55.1% of votes cast
765
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
853
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
120
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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