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Helen Whately vs Sarah Russell

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 Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 318 different votes 322 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 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
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
52.0 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
217
48.0 % 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
70
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
104
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % 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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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