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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 260 different votes 265 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 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
456
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
231
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
225
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
74
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API