Compare

Sir John Whittingdale vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Alex Burghart voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,579 shared comparable votes.

1,568 same votes 11 different votes 1,579 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
77 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
77 Aye 115 No
102 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
102 Aye 43 No
35 Aye 46 No
Trade 100% aligned 81 shared votes
35 Aye 46 No
38 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 181 shared votes
71 Aye 110 No
70 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 137 shared votes
71 Aye 66 No
77 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
77 Aye 115 No
102 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
102 Aye 43 No
35 Aye 46 No
Trade 100% aligned 81 shared votes
35 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 90 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,135 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
48.2% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
85
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
141
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 90 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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