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Liz Twist vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,261 different votes 1,338 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
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
55 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 118 shared votes
62 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 86 No
Migration 4% aligned 119 shared votes
83 Aye 36 No
87 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 146 shared votes
57 Aye 89 No
31 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 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 104 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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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