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Lillian Jones vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Lillian Jones
Lillian Jones
Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun
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Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Lillian Jones and Helen Whately voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 263 different votes 283 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
26 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
26 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
184
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
202
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
15
3.9% 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

33
-49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
41
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£167,331
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£167,331
26% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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