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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ashley Dalton

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 388 different votes 412 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
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
52 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
19 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API