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Michelle Welsh vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michelle Welsh and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
360 different votes
367 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.8%
9% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
507
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
253
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
254
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
58
-35.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
69
-93.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API