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Helen Whately vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 313 different votes 317 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
Participation
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 150 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.0 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
214
48.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
56
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
72
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
8
3 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
83 of 88 votes
#1
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API