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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.


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 631 different votes 1,047 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
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 66% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 19% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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
9
5 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
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API