Compare
Bob Blackman vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Bob Blackman and Helen Whately voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,908 shared comparable votes.
1,864 same votes
44 different votes
1,908 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.4%
15% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
990
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
74
-90.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
8
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API