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Alex Mayer vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 293 different votes 298 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

95.4 %
22 % above average
Rank 1 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
502
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
259
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
243
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
49
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API