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Luke Taylor vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Luke Taylor and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 44 different votes 224 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
20 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
219
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
174
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
126
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 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

£179,501
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£179,501
21% 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Education
42 of 50 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API