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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 104 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 2 different votes 104 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
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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

31.7 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
170
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

16
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
18
-95.8 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
35
7 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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API