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Helen Whately vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 341 different votes 346 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
88.6 %
16 % above average
Rank 46 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
50.8 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
234
49.2 % 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
83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
97
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 252 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API