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Helen Whately vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Gill Furniss voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,382 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,312 different votes 1,382 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
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
65 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
104 Aye 65 No
18 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API