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Sarah Pochin vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Helen Whately voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

161 same votes 10 different votes 171 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
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

58.9%
14% below average
Rank 580 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
255
433 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
117
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
138
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
7
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

112
+22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
51
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
134
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
75
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
7
5 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API