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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.


Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,444 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,394 different votes 1,444 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
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,767
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
991
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
776
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
24
1.4 % 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

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
32
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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

£1,991,058
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
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

Defence
56 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API