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Darren Jones vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,123 different votes 1,184 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
20 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
90 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 154 shared votes
62 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
763
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
620
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
597
+453.5 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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