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Matt Vickers vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Matt Vickers and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

1,108 same votes 4 different votes 1,112 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
56 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
56 Aye 75 No
90 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 31 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 112 shared votes
62 Aye 50 No
56 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
56 Aye 75 No
90 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 31 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
624
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
678
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£295,321
31% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
48 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API