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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 4% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,012 different votes 1,059 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
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 140 shared votes
54 Aye 86 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,273
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
734
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
539
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
19
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
27
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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
6 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Education
63 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Trade
57 of 88 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Transport
56 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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