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Sarah Sackman vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Sackman and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 280 different votes 284 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 425 of 649
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 649
404
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
211
52.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
943
47.7 % of votes cast
193
47.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
353
+214.7 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£204,846
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£204,846
9 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API