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Chris Bryant vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,304 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
21 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
452
+306.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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