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Gavin Robinson vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Gavin Robinson
Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Gavin Robinson and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,270 shared comparable votes.

1,009 same votes 261 different votes 1,270 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
65 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 179 shared votes
65 Aye 114 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 90% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 18 No
Energy 88% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
73 Aye 90 No
Tax 87% aligned 163 shared votes
65 Aye 98 No
16 Aye 35 No
Education 84% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 20 No
Benefits 54% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
54 Aye 37 No
Migration 57% aligned 91 shared votes
71 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 13 No
Defence 61% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 61% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,516
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
768
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
748
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % 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

60
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
94
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Contributions
105
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£220,061
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Trade
69 of 89 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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