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Alex Baker vs Helen Whately

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 311 different votes 328 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
455
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
243
53.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
212
46.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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