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Paul Davies vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 362 different votes 368 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

94.1 %
21 % above average
Rank 4 of 647
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
515
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,333 eligible divisions
266
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
932
47.7 % of votes cast
249
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

41
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
42
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
50
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
65
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
27 of 27 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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