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Sarah Smith vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Helen Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

310 same votes 1 different votes 311 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
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
105
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
133
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API