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Helen Whately vs Ms Julie Minns

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 Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 349 different votes 354 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
56 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 81 of 649
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
575 eligible divisions
943
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
261
52.8 % of votes cast
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
233
47.2 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
197
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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