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John Whitby vs Christian Wakeford

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
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Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

John Whitby and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 476 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 0 different votes 476 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
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
86.5%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
545
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
1,699 eligible divisions
279
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
47.9% of votes cast
266
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
766
52.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
1
-93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
80
-83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
1
-162.8 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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