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Ben Maguire vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 38 different votes 211 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
26 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 70% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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

60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
350
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
189
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
161
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
4
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
204 of 211 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API