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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.


Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,147 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,147 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
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 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
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,359
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
753
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
606
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % 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

42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
554
+446.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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
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
166 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Migration
142 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
64 of 84 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API