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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 1,205 shared comparable votes.

1,203 same votes 2 different votes 1,205 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
50 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
50 Aye 104 No
98 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
98 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 27 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
64 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 121 shared votes
65 Aye 56 No
50 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
50 Aye 104 No
98 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
98 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 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 122 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 173 of 650
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,371
1,688 eligible divisions
962
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
49.5% of votes cast
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
692
50.5% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
92
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
75
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Contributions
123
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#4
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
159 of 178 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API