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Helen Whately vs Pam Cox

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 Pam Cox
Pam Cox
Lab Colchester

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Pam Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 327 different votes 331 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
55 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
55 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
64
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£158,740
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,740
30 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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