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Rebecca Smith vs Helen Hayes

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Helen Hayes voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 283 different votes 304 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
1 Aye 6 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
265
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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