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Graeme Downie vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 198 different votes 203 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
364
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
158
43.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
206
56.6 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

74
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
73
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
103
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
104
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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