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Sarah Jones vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,160 different votes 1,213 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
90 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 153 shared votes
61 Aye 92 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 126 shared votes
94 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
628
44.4% 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
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
552
+406.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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