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Helen Whately vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 338 different votes 343 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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
56 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API