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John Whitby vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 12 different votes 351 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
53 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
53 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
53 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
550
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,266
1,704 eligible divisions
282
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
53.4% of votes cast
268
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
8
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
86
-83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Contributions
8
-161.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API