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Fred Thomas vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 301 different votes 307 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

42
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
56
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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