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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 300 different votes 311 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
517
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
271
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
246
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
11
2.1% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API