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Helen Whately vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Steve Darling voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 64 different votes 281 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 97% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
2 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 67% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% 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
142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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