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Rachael Maskell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,623 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,555 different votes 1,623 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
69 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 145 shared votes
77 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
121 Aye 84 No
Tax 0% aligned 205 shared votes
83 Aye 122 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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