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Sir John Whittingdale vs Clive Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Clive Jones voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 48 different votes 257 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 75% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 650
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
620 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
53.3% of votes cast
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
197
46.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
186
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
227
+63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£202,252
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£202,252
11% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
39 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API