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Heidi Alexander vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 548 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 535 different votes 548 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
34 Aye 62 No
54 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 67 shared votes
13 Aye 54 No
29 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
391
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
184
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
207
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
51
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
75
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
6
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Transport
26 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2016
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Second Reading Closure Motion 16 Dec 2016
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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