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Andy Slaughter vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,583 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,527 different votes 1,583 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
25 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
107 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
867
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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
65 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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