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Helen Whately vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Yuan Yang voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 326 different votes 334 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 650
1,965
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
558 eligible divisions
937
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
47.7 % of votes cast
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
238
52.3 % 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

40
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
38
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
61
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
49
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 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
84 of 89 votes
#1
Transport
26 of 26 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
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
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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