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Helen Whately vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 71 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 46 No
Tax 96% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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