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Helen Whately vs Harpreet Uppal

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 Harpreet Uppal
Harpreet Uppal
Lab Huddersfield

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Harpreet Uppal voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 372 different votes 379 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 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
55 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
55 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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 117 of 649
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 16 of 649
1,987
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
534
588 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
48.9% of votes cast
1,037
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
273
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
59
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
65
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
73
-69.2 vs Commons average
Rank 423 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
£137,037
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£137,037
39% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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