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Sir John Whittingdale vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

145 same votes 37 different votes 182 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
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 95% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
59
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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