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Lisa Smart vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Lisa Smart and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.
177 same votes
30 different votes
207 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
65.9 %
7 % below average
Participation
80.9 %
8 % above average
365
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,340 eligible divisions
197
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
168
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
136
+68.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
76
+8.2 vs Commons average
190
+69.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
109
-11.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
22
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API