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Sarah Hall vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
Lab Warrington South
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Sarah Hall and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 254 different votes 258 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
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
218
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
218
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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

£203,162
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£203,162
10% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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