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Keir Mather vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

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

8 same votes 356 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
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 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

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,312 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 648
Appearances
40
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 648
249
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
23 of 23 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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