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Graeme Downie vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 267 different votes 273 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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