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Mary Creagh vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 670 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 640 different votes 670 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
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
88 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 135 shared votes
42 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 115 shared votes
54 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 525 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
371
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
198
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
173
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
12
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
242
+103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Housing
29 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
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