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Chris Bryant vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,270 different votes 1,333 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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