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Dan Carden vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,174 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,174 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
22 Aye 70 No
Migration 5% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 100 shared votes
62 Aye 38 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 453 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,424
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
798
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
626
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
31
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
15
5 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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 62 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Committee on Standards Motion 6 Jun 2023
Aye
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