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Pat McFadden vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Pat McFadden and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,369 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
25 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 172 shared votes
67 Aye 105 No
35 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
898
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
659
42.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
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
184 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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