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Sir John Whittingdale vs Claire Hazelgrove

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 Claire Hazelgrove
Claire Hazelgrove
Lab Filton and Bradley Stoke

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Claire Hazelgrove voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 308 different votes 313 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 22 of 650
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
563 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
50.9 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
249
49.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
35
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
105
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Contributions
35
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,705
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,705
7 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API