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Helen Whately vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Dave Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 361 different votes 371 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 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
135
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API