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Darren Jones vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

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Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,107 different votes 1,155 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
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 518 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,370
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
761
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
609
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % 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

49
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
597
+458.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
4
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
166 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Trade
67 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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