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Afzal Khan vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,345 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,295 different votes 1,345 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
59 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
86 Aye 38 No
95 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
58 Aye 100 No
18 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
52 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API