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Gregory Stafford vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

290 same votes 0 different votes 290 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
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
240
53.6% 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, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
290
+144.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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