Dulwich & West Norwood / data
Helen Hayes · Labour Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4005days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
405
of 504 possible
Attendance
80%
99 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
199
94 debates
Written Qs
178
177 answered
Committees
3
1 chair
Expenses
£297k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 67 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 89 | |
| Economy | 86 | |
| Employment | 46 | |
| Crime & Policing | 41 | |
| Education | 30 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Housing | 23 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1 | — |
| Education | 43 | 28,965 |
| Social Care | 40 | 28,890 |
| Local Government | 18 | 10,654 |
| Culture Community | 9 | 8,312 |
| Cost Of Living | 14 | 8,267 |
| Economy Jobs | 18 | 6,787 |
| Immigration | 7 | 3,567 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. One of the reasons for the incredulity among those listening to the evidence yesterday was precise… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 88 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI agree with the hon. Member—and, indeed, with the Opposition Front Bencher, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott)—that the ban must be on the basis that phones are not… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 378 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI hesitate to intervene, but I think the right hon. Member perhaps has not understood that children with a modern hearing aid, for example, use an application on a smartphone, whic… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 47 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI will not take any further interventions because of the time left, if that is okay. The need for urgent action to take children off social media in their crucial formative years i… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 449 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillFirst, I welcome the Government’s decision to introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools. I appreciate that the guidance previously proposed was clear and that schools m… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 222 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | ApprenticeshipsI recently met a young constituent who is hoping to start a legal apprenticeship. He told me that he has had to research each apprenticeship opportunity himself and, unlike his pee… EducationEconomy JobsLabour Market | 119 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)I want to follow up on the questions about monitoring and evaluation and push a little on the question of targets. The Children’s Commissioner for England has said that the Governm… | 100 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI believe that there is a consensus across this House, both about the harms of social media and smartphones for our young people and about the urgent need for action. I have listen… EducationTechnologyHealth | 126 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman, who is being generous in giving way. I think he would find it helpful to listen to the Education Committee’s evidence session on Tuesday next week… EducationTechnologyHealth | 79 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI warmly welcome Government amendment 17B, which strengthens obligations to support sibling contact for children who are looked after. As the Minister knows, this is often the most… EducationTechnologyHealth | 111 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way? EducationTechnologyHealth | 7 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)On the question of what a meaningful set of targets would look like, is it an adequate interpretation of what you are saying that targets are needed but that you need a mixture of … | 65 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Knife CrimeI welcome the publication of this strategy, and I pay tribute to the Minister for her strong commitment over many years to this area of policy and the depth of her thinking on it. … Crime | 157 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was told by a journalist today that the members of the shadow Cabinet had visited my constituency this morning. I understand that they … Mp PerformanceLocal Government | 150 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | SEND Provision and ReformAccountability is one of the areas that our Committee highlighted in our report last year, which I will speak about in a moment. Last year we published our inquiry report “Solving … EducationSocial CareLocal Government | 310 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 57 | 32.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 24 | 13.5% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 18 | 10.1% |
| Home Office | 16 | 9.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 15 | 8.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 13 | 7.3% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 8 | 4.5% |
| Department for Transport | 8 | 4.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to provide further funding to the Metropolitan Police's Operation Martello programme. | Pending |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the transparency of UK overseas development assistance. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the effectiveness of UK overseas development assistance spending. | Answered |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was given by her Department to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in each of the last five years. | Answered |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has she had with the a) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and b) recipients of UK overseas development assistance, on future funding for th… | Answered |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure future scrutiny and transparency of UK overseas development and assistance. | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizenship application fees are affordable for children who need to regularise their immigration status. | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the impact of failing to resolve the immigration status of children in care before turning 18. | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18. | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the terms of reference of the Department’s SEND Development Group. | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the full list of members of her Department’s SEND Development Group, the criteria for membership of this group and the dates on which the group has met. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Talking Therapy trainees and (b) Band 7 CBT therapist posts have been created in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark in each of the last five years. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of applications for NHS Talking Therapies trainee positions. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years. | Answered |
| 09 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the performance of her Department's Behaviour and Attendance Ambassadors Programme, with reference to absence and exclusions of pupils with SEND or mental ill heal… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons)Select | Member | Commons | 04 Dec 2024 | present |
| Education CommitteeSelect | Chair | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
| Education CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 65 | 28,531 | 9.6% |
| Staffing | 0 | 268,497 | 90.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 15 | 5,710 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 6 | 3,788 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 19 | 2,828 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 1,968 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 13 | 1,148 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,080 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 1 | 660 |
| Training - staff | Office Costs | 1 | 439 |
| TV licence | Office Costs | 1 | 170 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 3 | 84 |
| Translation services - other languages | Office Costs | 1 | 57 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 87 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING [200011725-6798] | 557 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING [200011725-5482] | 504 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 88 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING [200011725-2753] | 118 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Sundries | 60 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Training - staff | PARLI-TRAINING | 439 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | ABSOLUTE TRANSLATIONS | 57 | Paid |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 525 | Paid |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 210 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING | 53 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Parliamentary accountancy | 660 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 80 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | 2025 surgery cards - advance payment request | 1,512 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | Rosendale Road constituency office - 2024 Quarter 4 service charge - advance payment | 959 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 504 | Paid |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 87 | Paid |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 427 | Paid |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING | 138 | Paid |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING | 15 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
02 Dec 2025
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)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 9 March 2023)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 10 wards, 22 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixton North | James Bryan | Labour Party | 1,813 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton North | John-Paul Ennis | Labour Party | 1,709 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton North | Nanda Manley-Browne | Labour Party | 1,855 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton Rush Common | Adrian Garden | Labour Party | 1,779 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton Rush Common | Ben Kind | Labour Party | 1,902 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton Rush Common | Marcia Cameron | Labour Party | 2,070 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton Windrush | Donatus Anyanwu | Labour Party | 1,114 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brixton Windrush | Scarlett O'Hara | Labour Party | 1,143 | 05 May 2022 |
| Champion Hill | Esme Hicks | Labour Party | 1,610 | 05 May 2022 |
| Champion Hill | Sarah King | Labour Party | 1,629 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dulwich Village | Margy Newens | Labour Party | 2,111 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dulwich Village | Richard Leeming | Labour Party | 1,922 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dulwich Wood | Andy Simmons | Labour Party | 1,621 | 05 May 2022 |
| Dulwich Wood | Catherine Rose | Labour Party | 1,783 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gipsy Hill | Christine Banton | Labour Party | 1,457 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gipsy Hill | Rebecca Spencer | Labour Party | 1,322 | 05 May 2022 |
| Herne Hill Loughborough Junction | Deepak Sardiwal | Labour Party | 2,342 | 05 May 2022 |
| Herne Hill Loughborough Junction | Jim Dickson | Labour Party | 2,429 | 05 May 2022 |
| Herne Hill Loughborough Junction | Pauline George | Labour Party | 2,393 | 05 May 2022 |
| Knights Hill | Emma Louise Nye | Labour Party | 2,677 | 02 May 2024 |
| West Dulwich | Fred Cowell | Labour Party | 1,639 | 05 May 2022 |
| West Dulwich | Judith Cavanagh | Labour Party | 1,792 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 104,808 | Electorate 79,894 (2024) |
| Median age | 35 | years |
| Degree-educated | 56.2% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 54.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 41.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 24.7% | households |
| Social-rented | 34.1% | households |
| Employment rate | 66.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.