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Elaine Stewart vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 258 different votes 263 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
363
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
160
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
203
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
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

Energy
16 of 20 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
25 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Tax
81 of 112 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API