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Luke Pollard vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,232 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,181 different votes 1,232 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
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
37 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
54 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 119 shared votes
64 Aye 55 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
673
+527.1 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API