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Matt Rodda vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,301 different votes 1,355 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
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
56 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
69 Aye 57 No
41 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
12 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 12 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,678
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
925
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
753
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
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

Defence
57 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Education
69 of 75 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 71 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