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Peter Lamb vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 317 different votes 331 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
1 Aye 15 No
Defence 25% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
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
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 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
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

92.4%
20% above average
Rank 10 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
545
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
271
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
274
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
18
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API