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Marsha De Cordova vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Marsha De Cordova
Marsha De Cordova
Lab Battersea
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Marsha De Cordova and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,072 different votes 1,117 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
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 3 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
92 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 149 shared votes
52 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
54 Aye 93 No
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

61.6%
11% below average
Rank 563 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,307
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
710
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
597
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
17
1.3% 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

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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

£1,680,513
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£260,847
15% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
155 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
125 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
65 of 87 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 52 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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