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Naz Shah vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,279 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,228 different votes 1,279 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
107 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
56 Aye 109 No
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 134 shared votes
77 Aye 57 No
17 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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: 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 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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