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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 1,381 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,325 different votes 1,381 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
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 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

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 381 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,697
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
940
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
757
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
17
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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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