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Dr Rupa Huq vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,497 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 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
64 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 139 shared votes
77 Aye 62 No
34 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
104 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
68 Aye 106 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
961
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
793
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
15
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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