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Damien Egan vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Damien Egan and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 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
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 17 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 650
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 650
461
649 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,967
2,349 eligible divisions
214
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
939
47.7 % of votes cast
247
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
24
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650
Contributions
65
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£245,488
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£233,152
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
21 of 23 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 31 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Trade
8 of 9 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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