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Helen Maguire vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Helen Maguire and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 40 different votes 217 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 9 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
370
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
178
48.1% 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

158
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
185
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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

£217,983
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£217,983
4% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
17
7 registered categories
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API