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Rachel Hopkins vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,136 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,094 different votes 1,136 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
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
93 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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