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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.


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 344 different votes 349 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 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
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649

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
9
2 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
86 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API