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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.

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,476 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,413 different votes 1,476 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 18 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 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
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
1,003
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
795
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
157
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 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

£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
10
6 registered categories
1
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Defence
61 of 71 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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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