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Zöe Franklin vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Zöe Franklin and Helen Whately voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 66 different votes 251 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 12 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
21 Aye 44 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
202
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
177
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 252 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

£139,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£139,207
38% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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