Compare

Daniel Zeichner vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Daniel Zeichner
Daniel Zeichner
Lab Cambridge
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Daniel Zeichner and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,535 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,483 different votes 1,535 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
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
74 Aye 68 No
51 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 65 shared votes
16 Aye 49 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 206 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
1,877
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
1,051
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
826
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
14
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

44
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Appearances
73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
61
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
104
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£266,524
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
59 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API