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Derek Twigg vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,170 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,102 different votes 1,170 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
22 Aye 52 No
Migration 5% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
92 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 138 shared votes
49 Aye 89 No
50 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 100 shared votes
49 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
27
2.0% 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

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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