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Michael Wheeler vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Michael Wheeler and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 305 different votes 312 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

89.0%
16% above average
Rank 27 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
525
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
260
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
265
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

13
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
17
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 649
Contributions
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£199,765
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API