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Graham Leadbitter vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 97 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 44 different votes 97 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 19 No
Tax 92% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 22% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 22% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 19 No
Tax 92% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
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
12 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API