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Chris Murray vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Chris Murray and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 344 different votes 348 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
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
482
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
235
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
247
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
101
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
Contributions
75
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,520
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£194,520
14% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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