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Valerie Vaz vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Helen Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,665 shared comparable votes.

1,660 same votes 5 different votes 1,665 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
150 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
150 Aye 82 No
80 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
80 Aye 77 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
34 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
52 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 73 shared votes
52 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
111 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 178 shared votes
108 Aye 70 No
150 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
150 Aye 82 No
80 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
80 Aye 77 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
34 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Appearances
105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Contributions
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
2
2 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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API