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Sir John Whittingdale vs Adam Dance

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Adam Dance voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 49 different votes 263 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
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 77% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 650
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
620 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.7% of votes cast
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
203
46.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
200
+106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
262
+98.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£197,730
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£197,730
13% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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