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Nigel Farage vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 108 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 0 different votes 108 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
10 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
Participation
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 648
170
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,312 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648
Contributions
64
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API