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Christian Wakeford vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 620 different votes 1,035 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
27 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 12 No
Trade 71% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 63% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 16 No
Benefits 54% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 13 No
Energy 19% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
74
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
106
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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