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Richard Burgon vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,623 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,541 different votes 1,623 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
25 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
45 Aye 22 No
Education 6% aligned 67 shared votes
22 Aye 45 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
73 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 141 shared votes
69 Aye 72 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 37 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API