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How Helen Hayes votes

Helen Hayes voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 190 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
4 SepMotion to sit in privateAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Helen Hayes has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 07 November 202525 Nov 2025
MiscellaneousVice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.9 Mar 2023

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Helen Hayes asked 57 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office11
Department for Education9
Home Office7
Department for Transport7
Department of Health and Social Care6

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 11 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 7 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£22,948
Office costs · claims for running an office£22,948

53 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Helen Hayes represents Dulwich and West Norwood. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Helen Hayes

Labour

MAJORITY
18,789

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Helen Hayes won with 60% of the votes, and Pete Elliott (Green Party) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour60% · 27,356
Green Party19% · 8,567
Conservative9% · 3,873
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,485
Reform UK4% · 1,801
Independent1% · 296
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Helen HayesLabour27,35660.3%
Pete ElliottGreen Party8,56718.9%
Leon CookConservative3,8738.5%
Donna HarrisLiberal Democrat3,4857.7%
Gary StevensReform UK1,8014.0%
Mike SpenserIndependent2960.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£895 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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