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Peter Swallow vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 291 different votes 297 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
9 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

198
+115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
285
+141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API