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Nigel Farage vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 2 different votes 111 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 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 649
6
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,368 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
911
47.8% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
995
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
105
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
No topic data
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
No topic data
#4
No topic data
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API