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Ashley Dalton vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 419 different votes 441 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
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 57 No
Migration 4% aligned 77 shared votes
54 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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