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Leigh Ingham vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Leigh Ingham and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 235 different votes 243 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
395
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
195
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
200
50.6% 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

113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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

£240,870
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£240,870
6% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API