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Alex Brewer vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

187 same votes 52 different votes 239 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
18 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 11 No
Housing 85% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 650
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
415
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
230
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
47.9% of votes cast
185
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Appearances
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
59
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
121
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

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