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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.

Photograph of Sarah Sackman
Sarah Sackman
Lab Finchley and Golders Green
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Sackman and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 271 different votes 275 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 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
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 394 of 647
Participation
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
385
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
205
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
47.6 % of votes cast
180
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 647
Appearances
42
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 647
366
+252.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 647
Contributions
65
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 647

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
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
83 of 88 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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