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Graham Stringer vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Helen Whately voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,162 shared comparable votes.

154 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,162 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
46 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 64% aligned 106 shared votes
40 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 10% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 34 No
Transport 9% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 18 No
Defence 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 649
1,369
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,372 eligible divisions
684
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
949
47.8% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.2% of votes cast
113
8.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
43
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 649
44
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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