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Helen Whately vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,640 shared comparable votes.

1,633 same votes 7 different votes 1,640 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
69 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
69 Aye 136 No
37 Aye 40 No
Trade 100% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
26 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 36 No
Benefits 100% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
100 Aye 35 No
Migration 98% aligned 135 shared votes
103 Aye 32 No
76 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 140 shared votes
78 Aye 62 No
65 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 166 shared votes
66 Aye 100 No
69 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
69 Aye 136 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 650
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,150 eligible divisions
962
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Appearances
19
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
75
-79.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
23
-131.8 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

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