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Jim Allister vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Helen Whately voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

255 same votes 19 different votes 274 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
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 69% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 402 of 647
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
390
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,333 eligible divisions
192
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
932
47.7 % of votes cast
198
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

180
+113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 647
Appearances
42
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 647
222
+103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 647
Contributions
65
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
23 of 27 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API