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Lewis Cocking vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 1 different votes 393 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
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
211
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
249
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API