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Helen Whately vs Chris Kane

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Chris Kane voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 308 different votes 314 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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 119 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
65
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,638
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£221,638
2% below average
9
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API