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Andy McDonald vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,430 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,372 different votes 1,430 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
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
63 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
72 Aye 64 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
49 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API