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Sir John Whittingdale vs Chris Kane

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Chris Kane voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 264 different votes 269 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6% 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
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£221,638
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£221,638
2% below 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#4
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API