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Rachel Gilmour vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

116 same votes 32 different votes 148 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
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 18 No
Tax 98% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
3
1.2% 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

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
5 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
24 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API