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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 322 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 317 different votes 322 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
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 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

94.3 %
22 % above average
Rank 3 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
526
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
271
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
255
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

41
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
49
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Contributions
105
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650

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
9
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API