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Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 293 different votes 298 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 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
496
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
248
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
248
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

89
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
106
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
105
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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