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Rachael Maskell vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,699 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,617 different votes 1,699 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
36 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
67 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 140 shared votes
74 Aye 66 No
37 Aye 107 No
Migration 3% aligned 144 shared votes
104 Aye 40 No
105 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
68 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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 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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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