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Jim Allister vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 13 different votes 248 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
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
413
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
203
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
210
50.8% 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

195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API