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Sarah Russell vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Helen Hayes voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 14 different votes 418 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
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 650
525
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,926
2,422 eligible divisions
268
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,058
54.9% of votes cast
257
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
868
45.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

97
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
121
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
139
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
140
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
49 of 50 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