Helen Hayes MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood is Helen Hayes (Labour), MP there since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
Helen Hayes sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| Education Committee | 11 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 4 December 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 10 April 2020 | 30 December 2020 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 27 January 2020 | 10 April 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 14 December 2022 | 11 January 2023 |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] | 23 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 22 February 2021 | 7 March 2023 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 13 July 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2988579bdc0a.
Register of interests
Helen Hayes has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 9 March 2023 and the latest on 25 November 2025. By category: Visits outside the UK (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 07 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: MP delegation visit with focus on Switzerland’s rail/transport network and Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-07
Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Helen Hayes's office spent £268,497 on staff, from a staffing budget of £268,550, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £249,507. IPSA lists office spending of £26,658 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £268,497.30 | £249,507.43 | £235,879.39 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,658.45 | £29,396.56 | £24,592.63 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £264.82 | £665.24 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Dulwich and West Norwood BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Research Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×5 (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Helen Hayes is recorded voting in 490 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Helen Hayes voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 195 written questions have been tabled by Helen Hayes, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and 1 other departments.
Access to Work Programme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for Access to Work scheme applications in line with his Department's 25 working day standard.
Access to Work Programme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for a response to applications to the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five years.
Cardiovascular Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to incentivise the delivery of NHS Health Checks for the earlier detection of cardiovascular disease, including through the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has received advice from the Department for Education on the introduction of statutory kinship care leave following publication of the Education Committee's …
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the Department for Education's decision to provide paid kinship leave to its own employees when considering whether statutory employment rights for k …
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how his Department is working with the Department for Education to assess the potential impact of statutory kinship care leave on (a) placement stability for children and (b) child …
Cardiovascular Diseases and Cholesterol
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the variation between integrated care boards (ICB) in the proportion of patients with cardiovascular disease achieving recommended cholesterol levels; and …
Cardiovascular Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to genetic testing for inherited lipid conditions, including familial hypercholesterolaemia, in order to initiate cholesterol management at an …
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the evidence received by the Education Committee during its inquiry into children's social care, and the Committee's recommendation that the Government should legislate for …
Community Development: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom, if he will set out the (a) timeline and (b)
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5a03956bf32d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Helen Hayes.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Dulwich and West Norwood returned Helen Hayes with a majority of 18,789: 27,356 votes, 60.3% of those cast, against 8,567 for Pete Elliott. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Dulwich and West Norwood figures
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