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Caroline Voaden vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 49 different votes 255 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 17 No
Education 95% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.2%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
423
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
218
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.9% of votes cast
205
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

206
+112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
Appearances
86
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
249
+85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
24 of 32 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