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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Helen Whately voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 14 different votes 420 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
33 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
33 Aye 63 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 20 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
33 Aye 63 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 20 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.9%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
502
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,020
2,422 eligible divisions
225
44.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.8% of votes cast
277
55.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,054
52.2% of votes cast
17
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

135
+38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
56
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
167
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
84
-85.2 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
16
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API