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Helen Whately vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 268 different votes 272 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 411 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
537 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
55.2 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
171
44.8 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
72
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
333
+219.2 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API