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Sir John Whittingdale vs Chris Vince

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 Chris Vince
Chris Vince
Lab Harlow

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Chris Vince voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 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
91.5%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
50.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
266
49.3% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
358
+274.3 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
456
+310.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£165,900
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£165,900
27% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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