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Mr David Lammy vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Mr David Lammy and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 966 different votes 1,013 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
18 Aye 5 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 39 No
Migration 5% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 114 shared votes
30 Aye 84 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

48.7%
24% below average
Rank 623 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,156
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
696
60.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
460
39.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
11
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
26 years, 3 months
Since 22 Jun 2000
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
726
+582.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£268,880
19% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
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
186 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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