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Sir John Whittingdale vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,454 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,399 different votes 1,454 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
57 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
109 Aye 59 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
68 Aye 64 No
87 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 122 shared votes
33 Aye 89 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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