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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,393 different votes 1,456 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 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 137 shared votes
70 Aye 67 No
108 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
59 Aye 112 No
45 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API