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Steve Reed vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,291 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,233 different votes 1,291 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
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
863
58.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
613
41.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
428
+282.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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