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Helen Whately vs David Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and David Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 351 different votes 357 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
962
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
49.8% of votes cast
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
34
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
73
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
40
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API