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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,475 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,425 different votes 1,475 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
110 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
58 Aye 112 No
45 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
62 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 133 shared votes
69 Aye 64 No
26 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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