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Alice Macdonald vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Alice Macdonald and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 324 different votes 329 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.6 %
12 % above average
Rank 108 of 650
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 650
472
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,344 eligible divisions
232
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
937
47.7 % of votes cast
240
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Appearances
40
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
47
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
Contributions
61
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,253
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£186,253
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API