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Kit Malthouse vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,802 shared comparable votes.

1,783 same votes 19 different votes 1,802 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
97 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
97 Aye 140 No
111 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 153 shared votes
111 Aye 42 No
39 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 84 shared votes
39 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 54 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
21 Aye 54 No
37 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 195 shared votes
69 Aye 126 No
20 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
81 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 160 shared votes
81 Aye 79 No
97 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
97 Aye 140 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
2,054
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,919
2,387 eligible divisions
983
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
917
47.8% of votes cast
1,071
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
22
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

88
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
78
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
131
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
112
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
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

Trade
91 of 94 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API