Compare

Euan Stainbank vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Euan Stainbank
Euan Stainbank
Lab Falkirk
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Euan Stainbank and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 344 different votes 351 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 650
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 650
557
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,413 eligible divisions
280
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.9% of votes cast
277
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

169
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
86
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
213
+50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
121
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£165,434
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£165,434
27% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API