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Helen Whately vs Kevin McKenna

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 364 different votes 369 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
522
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
50.8% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
86 of 91 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API