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Sir John Whittingdale vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Alison Bennett voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 48 different votes 241 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
134
+52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
156
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 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