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Sir John Whittingdale vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Bobby Dean voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 46 different votes 240 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
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
94
+11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
112
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API