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Helen Whately vs Mr Calvin Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 270 different votes 274 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
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
179
48.0% 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
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
218
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 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
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Education
38 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API