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Olivia Bailey vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey
Lab Reading West and Mid Berkshire
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Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Olivia Bailey and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 265 different votes 273 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 364 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
429
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
213
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
216
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
10
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
216
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£210,175
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£210,175
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
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
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