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Alex Mayer vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 387 different votes 395 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
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

95.4%
24% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
83.7%
12% above average
Rank 119 of 649
555
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,982
2,368 eligible divisions
278
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
47.7% of votes cast
277
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

72
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
43
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
80
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Contributions
65
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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