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Mr Angus MacDonald vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mr Angus MacDonald and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 192 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 28 different votes 192 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
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

59.0 %
14 % below average
Rank 584 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
329
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
173
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
156
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
12
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

46
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Appearances
76
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
68
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
109
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,347
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£194,347
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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