Compare

Alan Gemmell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 268 different votes 272 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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 Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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