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Helen Whately vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Helen Whately and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,636 shared comparable votes.
1,634 same votes
2 different votes
1,636 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
84.0 %
11 % above average
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,323 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
861
47.9 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.1 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
68
+4.3 vs Commons average
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
86
-27.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API