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Rachel Blake vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Helen Whately voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 348 different votes 357 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 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
31 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
31 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
237
48.5% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
46
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
89
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Contributions
69
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API