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Dame Harriett Baldwin vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Dame Harriett Baldwin and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,776 shared comparable votes.

1,761 same votes 15 different votes 1,776 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
89 Aye 154 No
Tax 100% aligned 243 shared votes
89 Aye 154 No
99 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
99 Aye 43 No
34 Aye 40 No
Trade 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 44 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
79 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 151 shared votes
77 Aye 74 No
77 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 198 shared votes
76 Aye 122 No
89 Aye 154 No
Tax 100% aligned 243 shared votes
89 Aye 154 No
99 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
99 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
1,950
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,387 eligible divisions
919
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
47.8% of votes cast
1,031
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Appearances
50
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
137
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
74
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£247,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Trade
79 of 94 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye rebel
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
No rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
Aye
No rebel
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API