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Sir John Whittingdale vs Andy MacNae

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Andy MacNae voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 301 different votes 307 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 109 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
250
50.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
52
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£220,783
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£220,783
2% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API