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Helen Whately vs Lee Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 18 different votes 1,044 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
34 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
34 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 14 No
Transport 95% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
83 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
86 Aye 37 No
63 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 98 shared votes
65 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
34 Aye 98 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 125 of 649
Participation
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
943
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
50.1 % of votes cast
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
618
49.9 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API