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Luke Pollard vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,241 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
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
51 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
57 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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