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Rachel Taylor vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Taylor and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

123
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
183
+40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£240,723
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£240,723
6% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
11
6 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API