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Matt Bishop vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Bishop and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
185 different votes
190 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
52.9%
20% below average
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API