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Helen Whately vs Alison Hume

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

Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent
vs
Photograph of Alison Hume
Alison Hume
Lab Scarborough and Whitby

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Alison Hume voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 331 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 649
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
575 eligible divisions
943
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
222
47.9 % of votes cast
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
241
52.1 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
104
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£231,319
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,319
2 % above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Trade
86 of 91 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 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
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