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Helen Whately vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,544 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,477 different votes 1,544 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
18 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
58 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
104 Aye 57 No
18 Aye 37 No
Benefits 5% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
62 Aye 70 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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