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Josh Babarinde vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Josh Babarinde and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 46 different votes 244 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
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
224
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
191
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

116
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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

£181,159
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£181,159
20% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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

#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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