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Steve Witherden vs Helen Whately

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

Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
vs
Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Steve Witherden and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 346 different votes 350 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
495
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
252
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
243
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
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

60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Contributions
75
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£141,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£141,271
38% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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