Helen Hayes’s voting in Parliament

Helen Hayes is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Helen Hayes’s votes.

• Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 32 votes for, 4 votes against, 5 absences, between 2016–2018
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2016
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2016
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 21 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016

We have lots more plain English analysis of Helen Hayes’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Helen Hayes’s full vote analysis page for more.

Helen Hayes has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business - Windrush: 70TH Anniversarybackbench Business 14 Jun 2018

  I wish to thank Members from across the House for contributing to this debate, but I am particularly grateful to my right hon. Friends the Members for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) and for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) and my hon. Friend the Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler), because their contributions have been not only representation but very powerful testimony. We are about...

• Backbench Business - Windrush: 70TH Anniversarybackbench Business 14 Jun 2018

  I beg to move, That this House notes the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks carrying passengers from the Caribbean; further notes the critical role those passengers played in the post-war reconstruction of the UK, and in particular their work to support the establishment of the newly created NHS; and recognises and celebrates the significant social,...

• Backbench Business - Windrush: 70TH Anniversarybackbench Business 14 Jun 2018

  I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and will come later to exactly those issues, which she raises so powerfully. Sam King said of his decision to join the RAF: “'I as a young man volunteered to contribute and fight Nazi Germany and by the Grace of God we won. It was a close thing, for example during Dunkirk a lot of people don’t realise that Britain stood alone, for nearly...

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Profile

Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @helenhayes_

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Helen Hayes campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Children in Care
• Railways: Timetables
• Fertility: Medical Treatments
• Solar Power
• Tenancy Deposit Schemes

Currently held offices

• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tessa Jowell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (0 out of 1)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 66 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Helen Hayes’s speeches
• Has received answers to 73 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 87.17% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 140 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Helen Hayes’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 105 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)