Compare

Sir John Whittingdale vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,758 shared comparable votes.

1,747 same votes 11 different votes 1,758 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
88 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 222 shared votes
88 Aye 134 No
108 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
108 Aye 40 No
38 Aye 41 No
Trade 100% aligned 79 shared votes
38 Aye 41 No
39 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 49 No
Education 100% aligned 68 shared votes
19 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
72 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 196 shared votes
74 Aye 122 No
17 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
75 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 146 shared votes
74 Aye 72 No
88 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 222 shared votes
88 Aye 134 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
1,920
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,992
2,388 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
47.8% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
112
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
75
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act main motion 12 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) Act main Motion (Prime Minister) 15 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API