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Sir John Whittingdale vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Catherine West voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,468 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,417 different votes 1,468 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
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
72 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 124 shared votes
52 Aye 72 No
19 Aye 51 No
Education 3% aligned 70 shared votes
53 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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