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Sarah Russell vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 344 different votes 349 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 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

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
239
49.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API