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Emma Hardy vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,148 different votes 1,194 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
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
54 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 122 shared votes
67 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 83 No
Migration 4% aligned 110 shared votes
81 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 412 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,463
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
793
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
670
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % 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

46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
160
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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
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