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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,086 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,036 different votes 1,086 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 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
95 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 144 shared votes
47 Aye 97 No
19 Aye 38 No
Migration 5% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 142 shared votes
56 Aye 86 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

40
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
78
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
33
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
112
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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