Ayes & Noes

Compare

Jeremy Corbyn vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
Ind Islington North
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 1,110 different votes 1,207 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
14 Aye 24 No
Housing 26% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 24% aligned 41 shared votes
8 Aye 33 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 117 shared votes
62 Aye 55 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
77 Aye 62 No
Tax 9% aligned 139 shared votes
51 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 106 No
Migration 2% aligned 133 shared votes
103 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,438
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
796
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
642
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
125
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
29
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
142 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API