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Charlie Maynard vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Charlie Maynard
Charlie Maynard
LD Witney
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Charlie Maynard and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

188 same votes 35 different votes 223 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
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 81% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.6 %
4 % below average
Rank 458 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
383
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
192
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
191
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % 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

70
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
75
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
100
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
107
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,545
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£182,545
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
40
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API