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Tom Rutland vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Tom Rutland and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 318 different votes 323 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
55 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
31 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
31 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 650
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 650
460
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,344 eligible divisions
227
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
937
47.7 % of votes cast
233
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
57
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
64
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£224,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£224,741
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API