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Helena Dollimore vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Helena Dollimore
Helena Dollimore
Lab Hastings and Rye
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Helena Dollimore and Helen Whately voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 312 different votes 320 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
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 649
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
215
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
943
47.7 % of votes cast
231
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
3
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
+2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
100
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 649
Contributions
68
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£222,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£222,164
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 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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