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Mike Kane vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,382 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,382 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
19 Aye 15 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
62 Aye 107 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 130 shared votes
68 Aye 62 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
43 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 57 shared votes
16 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 376 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,677
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
961
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
716
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
12 years, 3 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

35
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API