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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,066 different votes 1,134 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
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 43 No
Migration 6% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
96 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 146 shared votes
51 Aye 95 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 159 shared votes
56 Aye 103 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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