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Helen Whately vs Chris Ward

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 Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 299 different votes 305 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% 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
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
65
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
239
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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 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
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