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Helen Whately vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Jim Allister voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

253 same votes 19 different votes 272 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
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 69% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
Participation
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
49.0 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
197
51.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
165
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
202
+88.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API