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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.

Photograph of Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 94 different votes 185 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 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
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
336
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
182
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
154
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Appearances
74
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Contributions
106
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£230,874
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£230,874
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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 31 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
Education
31 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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