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Sir John Whittingdale vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Andy McDonald voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,465 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,405 different votes 1,465 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
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
72 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
63 Aye 73 No
8 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 47 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
49 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API