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Claire Young vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 44 different votes 237 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
21 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
420
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
221
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
199
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
148
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API