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Ms Julie Minns vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

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Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 336 different votes 343 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

86.7%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
547
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
283
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
47.9% of votes cast
264
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

248
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
86
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
277
+112.2 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
121
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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