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Dame Nia Griffith vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,569 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,484 different votes 1,569 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
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
53 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 125 shared votes
71 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API