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Sir John Whittingdale vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 600 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 192 different votes 600 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
3 Aye 8 No
Education 91% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 89% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 85% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 9 No
Trade 41% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 48% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 17 No
Migration 50% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 5 No
Transport 56% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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 192 of 649
Participation
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,643 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
171
+93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
106
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Contributions
193
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API