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Oliver Ryan vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan
Lab Burnley
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Oliver Ryan and Helen Whately voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 346 different votes 355 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.0%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
484
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
227
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
257
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

36
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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

£234,505
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£234,505
4% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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