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Maya Ellis vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Maya Ellis
Maya Ellis
Lab Ribble Valley
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Maya Ellis and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 251 different votes 268 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
178
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
196
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
14
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
54
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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

£230,920
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£230,920
2% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Tax
89 of 112 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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