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Catherine McKinnell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,317 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,264 different votes 1,317 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
22 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 5% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,582
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
872
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
710
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

25
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
50
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 449 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
6
4 registered categories
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
63 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
53 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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