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Helen Whately vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,164 shared comparable votes.

1,162 same votes 2 different votes 1,164 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
48 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
48 Aye 104 No
98 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
98 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 27 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 120 shared votes
64 Aye 56 No
48 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
48 Aye 104 No
98 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
98 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 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
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,314
1,605 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
650
49.5 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
664
50.5 % 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
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API