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Jeremy Corbyn vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Helen Whately voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 1,152 different votes 1,286 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
24 Aye 17 No
Education 27% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 20% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
57 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 119 shared votes
65 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 14% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 31 No
Trade 2% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 109 No
Migration 3% aligned 135 shared votes
105 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
822
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
659
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

133
+51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
181
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
27
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
5
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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