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Mr Calvin Bailey vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Mr Calvin Bailey and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 221 different votes 225 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.6 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
361
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
189
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
172
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

100
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
73
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
215
+82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Contributions
104
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,701
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£186,701
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Education
38 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API