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Kate Dearden vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 260 different votes 264 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.4 %
15 % above average
Rank 56 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
493
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
242
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
251
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

62
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
74
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
152
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
Contributions
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API