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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 1,321 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,321 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 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 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
26 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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

70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,631
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
944
57.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
687
42.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % 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 575 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
31
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£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
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

Housing
60 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Defence
48 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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