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Sir John Whittingdale vs Chris Webb

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 Webb
Chris Webb
Lab Blackpool South

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Chris Webb voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 247 different votes 253 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
605 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
48.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
225
52.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£308,254
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£308,254
36% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Tax
102 of 118 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 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
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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