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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
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,198 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,159 different votes 1,198 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 71 No
Migration 5% aligned 93 shared votes
68 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
22 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,455
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
648
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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

£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
18
5 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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
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
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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