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Gill Furniss vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Gill Furniss and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,319 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,263 different votes 1,319 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
18 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
15 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 401 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,647
2,310 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
911
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
736
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

42
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£322,640
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
50 of 61 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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