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Shaun Davies vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Shaun Davies and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 220 different votes 226 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
203
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
183
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
3
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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

£210,313
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£210,313
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
35
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API