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Dr Caroline Johnson vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Dr Caroline Johnson and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,678 shared comparable votes.

1,668 same votes 10 different votes 1,678 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
73 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
73 Aye 140 No
40 Aye 40 No
Trade 100% aligned 80 shared votes
40 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 38 No
Benefits 100% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
106 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 145 shared votes
103 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
79 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 135 shared votes
77 Aye 58 No
75 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 196 shared votes
74 Aye 122 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
1,847
2,228 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,992
2,388 eligible divisions
901
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
47.8% of votes cast
946
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
10
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 10 months
Since 8 Dec 2016
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

149
+62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
421
+270.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
75
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£229,187
1% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
154 of 164 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Trade
85 of 92 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) Act Amdt (f) - Baron 15 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill: report stage: New Clause 7 24 Oct 2018
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API