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Josh Newbury vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 340 different votes 360 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 3 No
Trade 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
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
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
31 Aye 55 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 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
499
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
263
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
236
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
13
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
140
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API