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Sarah Dyke vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Dyke and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 52% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 164 different votes 341 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
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 90% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 84% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 80% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
498
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
240
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
258
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£472,827
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£292,538
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
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

#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
12 of 15 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API