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Chris Evans vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,304 different votes 1,360 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
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
110 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
58 Aye 112 No
56 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 129 shared votes
73 Aye 56 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 392 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
927
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
737
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
17
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

11
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
15
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28 % 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

Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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