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Sir John Whittingdale vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,287 different votes 1,342 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
15 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 5% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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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