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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 282 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 275 different votes 282 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 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

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API