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Shabana Mahmood vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,121 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
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API