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Chris Law vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 983 different votes 1,051 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
96 Aye 63 No
Tax 23% aligned 159 shared votes
62 Aye 97 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 10% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
671
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
543
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
66
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
8
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Trade
61 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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 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
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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