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Helen Whately vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and James Murray voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 999 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 958 different votes 999 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
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
84 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
32 Aye 88 No
20 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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