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Sir John Whittingdale vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 275 different votes 279 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
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API