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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 229 different votes 232 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
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 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

76.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
403
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
207
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
196
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

57
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
135
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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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