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Bill Esterson vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,430 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,359 different votes 1,430 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
24 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
105 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
57 Aye 104 No
28 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API