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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ben Maguire voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

171 same votes 38 different votes 209 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
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 70% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 650
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
345
558 eligible divisions
903
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
53.6 % of votes cast
989
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
160
46.4 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
79
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
105
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
92
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API