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Jayne Kirkham vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 357 different votes 364 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
30 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
30 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
11% above average
Rank 134 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
514
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
256
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
258
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

265
+172.0 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
318
+156.0 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Contributions
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API