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Henry Tufnell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Henry Tufnell
Henry Tufnell
Lab Mid and South Pembrokeshire
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Henry Tufnell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 310 different votes 317 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% 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

81.9%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
517
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
261
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
47.9% of votes cast
256
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

28
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
Appearances
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
31
-133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
121
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£131,877
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£131,877
42% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API