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Gordon McKee vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Gordon McKee
Gordon McKee
Lab Glasgow South
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Gordon McKee and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 319 different votes 336 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 238 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
229
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
232
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
11
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
141
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£144,977
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£144,977
36% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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