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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 1,025 shared comparable votes.

1,007 same votes 18 different votes 1,025 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
32 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
32 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 13 No
Transport 95% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
82 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 122 shared votes
85 Aye 37 No
63 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 98 shared votes
65 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
32 Aye 98 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
75.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
1,605 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
608
50.1 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
606
49.9 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
71
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API