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Paul Davies vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 337 different votes 343 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
556
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
284
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
272
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Appearances
80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
53
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Contributions
114
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API