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Sir John Whittingdale vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 270 different votes 274 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
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
Participation
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 647
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
537 eligible divisions
891
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.8 % of votes cast
986
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
227
50.2 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
Appearances
44
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 647
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647
Contributions
51
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API