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Sir John Whittingdale vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Alison McGovern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,375 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,324 different votes 1,375 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
15 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 32 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
18 Aye 40 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
42 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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