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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 1,589 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,524 different votes 1,589 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
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

184
+123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
225
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

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
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
90 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
81 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API