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John Whitby vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

John Whitby and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 240 different votes 243 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
2 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
2 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
533
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,405 eligible divisions
270
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.2% of votes cast
263
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
834
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Appearances
15
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
73
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
23
-131.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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