Compare

Neil Coyle vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab Bermondsey and Old Southwark
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Neil Coyle and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,353 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,297 different votes 1,353 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
16 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
57 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
71 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,672
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
957
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
715
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
16
-129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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

£1,946,990
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£245,953
9% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
4 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
61 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Transport
76 of 95 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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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