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Helen Whately vs Lucy Rigby

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

Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent
vs
Photograph of Lucy Rigby
Lucy Rigby
Lab Northampton North

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Lucy Rigby voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 247 different votes 252 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
58.1%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
168
49.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
175
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
221
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£163,015
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£163,015
28% 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
Transport
23 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Tax
78 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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