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David Chadwick vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

David Chadwick and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 42 different votes 233 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
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 64% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
391
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
207
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
184
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

95
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
131
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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

£178,068
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£178,068
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
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

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

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API