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Lauren Edwards vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Lauren Edwards and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
326 different votes
333 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
85.9%
14% above average
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
542
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
267
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
47.9% of votes cast
275
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
44
-50.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
86
-8.2 vs Commons average
64
-100.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
121
-43.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API