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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,431 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,431 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
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
61 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
74 Aye 62 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 349 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
1,711
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
945
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
766
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
13
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

59
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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