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Matt Rodda vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,378 different votes 1,456 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
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
53 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 122 shared votes
68 Aye 54 No
90 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 152 shared votes
60 Aye 92 No
31 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
39 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
15 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
943
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
791
45.6% 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

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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
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