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Mike Wood vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,709 shared comparable votes.

1,699 same votes 10 different votes 1,709 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
86 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
86 Aye 124 No
105 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
105 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 43 No
Trade 100% aligned 80 shared votes
37 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 51 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
19 Aye 51 No
38 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 175 shared votes
68 Aye 107 No
20 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
88 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 165 shared votes
87 Aye 78 No
86 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
86 Aye 124 No
105 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
105 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
2,060
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,388 eligible divisions
991
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
1,069
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

115
+28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
152
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
112
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API