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Helen Hayes

Labour Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting record

3
Voted for
2
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 77%

How often Helen Hayes voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Helen Hayes doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Minister (Education) — Department for Education (2021-12-04 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2020-04-10 to 2020-12-30) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2020-01-27 to 2020-04-10) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Helen Hayes →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Address of donor: Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1H 2BQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£380), acommodation (£660), in-country travel (£290), meals (£240), value £1,570
Destination of visit: Switzerland
Dates of visit: 5 November 2025 to 7 November 2025
Purpose of visit: MP delegation visit with focus on Switzerland’s rail/transport network and Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
(Registered 25 November 2025)

Defence & foreign affairsEducation
8. Miscellaneous

Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 9 March 2023)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Helen Hayes yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Helen Hayes has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£318,929.57 paid out to or for Helen Hayes across 115 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Helen Hayes’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £268,497.30 (1 claim)
Office Costs — £50,432.27 (114 claims)
Most recent claims
Service charge & ground Rent — £1,261.77, 2026-04-07 — Constituency office Q1 2026 service charge - advance payment request [200013630-36]
Stationery & printing — £930.08, 2026-03-24 — CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM [200013613-7742]
Stationery & printing — £913.48, 2026-03-24 — CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM [200013613-7743]
Stationery & printing — £156.88, 2026-03-24 — VIKING [200013613-7745]
Stationery & printing — £371.68, 2026-03-24 — VIKING [200013613-7744]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £306.40, 2026-03-23 — [200013613-3620]
Equipment - purchase — £268.00, 2026-03-23 — Other office equipment
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £280.00, 2026-03-16

Every claim on file for Helen Hayes →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Helen Hayes — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Helen Hayes’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Helen Hayes is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tigray — Officer
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Helen Hayes personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Helen Hayes is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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