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Neil O'Brien vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,631 shared comparable votes.

1,624 same votes 7 different votes 1,631 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
68 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
68 Aye 136 No
37 Aye 40 No
Trade 100% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 36 No
Benefits 100% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
103 Aye 32 No
Migration 98% aligned 135 shared votes
100 Aye 35 No
78 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 140 shared votes
76 Aye 64 No
66 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 166 shared votes
65 Aye 101 No
68 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
68 Aye 136 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
888
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
909
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% 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

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
80 of 87 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API