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Sarah Russell vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 272 different votes 275 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
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
452
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
235
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
217
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

70
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
104
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API