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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.


Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 657 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 627 different votes 657 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 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 8 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 113 shared votes
52 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

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
350
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
188
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
162
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
12
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
88
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
156 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
76 of 108 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API