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Alex Davies-Jones vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Helen Whately voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 970 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 937 different votes 970 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
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 95 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
91 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 649
1,176
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,972
2,354 eligible divisions
604
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
940
47.7 % of votes cast
572
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
45
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
253
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
68
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
1
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

Migration
136 of 152 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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