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Mary Kelly Foy vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 879 different votes 924 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
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
37 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 95 shared votes
56 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
28 Aye 90 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
9 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API