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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,005 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 963 different votes 1,005 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
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

19
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
22
-123.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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