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Andy McDonald vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,508 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,430 different votes 1,508 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
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
61 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 128 shared votes
69 Aye 59 No
24 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
81 of 95 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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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