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Sarah Pochin vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 125 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 6 different votes 125 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
Tax 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

57.3%
14% below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
80.5%
9% above average
Rank 188 of 649
227
396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,368 eligible divisions
101
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
911
47.8% of votes cast
126
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
995
52.2% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
119
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Contributions
105
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Energy
6 of 8 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