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Sir John Whittingdale vs Barry Gardiner

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,252 different votes 1,304 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
61 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 159 shared votes
96 Aye 63 No
61 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 111 shared votes
49 Aye 62 No
70 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 95 shared votes
23 Aye 72 No
14 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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