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Shockat Adam vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Helen Whately voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 138 different votes 264 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
8 Aye 17 No
Education 84% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 27 No
Tax 60% aligned 57 shared votes
17 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API