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Helen Whately vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,734 shared comparable votes.

1,718 same votes 16 different votes 1,734 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
82 Aye 155 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
82 Aye 155 No
109 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
109 Aye 43 No
37 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 46 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 41 No
Trade 95% aligned 79 shared votes
36 Aye 43 No
71 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 193 shared votes
69 Aye 124 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 147 shared votes
72 Aye 75 No
82 Aye 155 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
82 Aye 155 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 123 of 650
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
1,992
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,904
2,388 eligible divisions
953
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.4% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

51
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Appearances
127
+40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
75
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
217
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 129 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
9
2 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

Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill Committee: New Clause 1 22 May 2024
Aye rebel
No
Standards Code of Conduct amendment (a) 12 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Aye
Environment Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 45 20 Oct 2021
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No rebel
No
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2B and to Lords Amendment 3B and propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Jan 2021
Trade
No rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API