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Rishi Sunak vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

928 same votes 9 different votes 937 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
43 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 No
41 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
54 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 164 shared votes
53 Aye 111 No
43 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 No
41 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

41.8%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
1,005
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.9% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

44
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
53
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
118
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
15
5 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

Brexit / EU
167 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
61 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Transport
52 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
20 of 49 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