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Helen Whately vs John Whitby

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and John Whitby voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 340 different votes 345 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 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
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.4 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
228
47.6 % 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
44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£189,571
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£189,571
16 % below average
8
3 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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API