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Shockat Adam vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 50% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 98 different votes 195 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
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 81% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 23 No
Tax 75% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 20% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
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

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Education
31 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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