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Daniel Francis vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Daniel Francis and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 294 different votes 307 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 56 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
515
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
245
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
270
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

126
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
172
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,753
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£143,753
36% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API