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Helen Whately vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Christine Jardine voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 977 different votes 1,179 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
11 Aye 35 No
Education 67% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 48% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 36% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 105 No
Tax 35% aligned 147 shared votes
87 Aye 60 No
17 Aye 27 No
Defence 27% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
93 Aye 37 No
Migration 2% aligned 130 shared votes
34 Aye 96 No
63 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
95 Aye 66 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
943
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7% of votes cast
1,034
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API