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Martin Vickers vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,785 shared comparable votes.

1,775 same votes 10 different votes 1,785 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
93 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
93 Aye 138 No
109 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
109 Aye 43 No
39 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 84 shared votes
39 Aye 45 No
38 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 54 No
Education 99% aligned 73 shared votes
20 Aye 53 No
72 Aye 127 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 199 shared votes
70 Aye 129 No
85 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 161 shared votes
84 Aye 77 No
93 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
93 Aye 138 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
2,029
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,919
2,387 eligible divisions
963
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
917
47.8% of votes cast
1,066
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

161
+75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
78
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
160
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
112
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 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