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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 513 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 501 different votes 513 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 10 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
34 Aye 62 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
343
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,333 eligible divisions
161
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
932
47.7 % of votes cast
182
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Appearances
42
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
443
+323.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
Contributions
65
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
5
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Opposition Day: EU Membership 15 Jun 2016
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API