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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 331 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 327 different votes 331 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 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 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

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 649
453
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,981
2,366 eligible divisions
225
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
945
47.7% of votes cast
228
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649

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
3
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 31 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
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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