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Helen Whately vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,429 shared comparable votes.

1,393 same votes 36 different votes 1,429 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
68 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
68 Aye 122 No
26 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 26 No
Energy 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
86 Aye 29 No
Migration 94% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
36 Aye 30 No
Transport 95% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 25 No
Trade 97% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
64 Aye 111 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 121 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 650
2,020
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,531
2,422 eligible divisions
966
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.9% of votes cast
1,054
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

55
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
64
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
80
-86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Contributions
71
-95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 82 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#4
Transport
67 of 98 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API