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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 1,259 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,211 different votes 1,259 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
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 12 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,523
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
851
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
672
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
14
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

18
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
25
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Housing
56 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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