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Stephen Kinnock vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,529 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,458 different votes 1,529 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
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
65 Aye 105 No
27 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 33 No
Trade 4% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
44 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 62 shared votes
18 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
779
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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