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Marie Goldman vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Marie Goldman and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 47 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
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
426
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
229
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
197
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
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, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
82
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£150,033
34% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 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