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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 200 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 36 different votes 200 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
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 558 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
334
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
176
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
158
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

86
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
99
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#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