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Sarah Coombes vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Coombes and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 330 different votes 336 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
476
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
238
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
238
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

72
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
91
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,149
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£164,149
27% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
4 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
45 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API