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Martin Vickers vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,818 shared comparable votes.

1,800 same votes 18 different votes 1,818 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
85 Aye 157 No
Tax 100% aligned 242 shared votes
85 Aye 157 No
108 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 151 shared votes
108 Aye 43 No
41 Aye 42 No
Trade 100% aligned 83 shared votes
41 Aye 42 No
41 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 39 No
Benefits 100% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
71 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 193 shared votes
72 Aye 121 No
18 Aye 51 No
Education 99% aligned 69 shared votes
19 Aye 50 No
84 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 166 shared votes
82 Aye 84 No
85 Aye 157 No
Tax 100% aligned 242 shared votes
85 Aye 157 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
2,029
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,387 eligible divisions
963
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
47.8% of votes cast
1,066
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

161
+75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
50
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
160
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
74
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye rebel
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage 17 Jun 2020
No
No rebel
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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