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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dame Diana Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,304 different votes 1,358 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
16 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
110 Aye 60 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
940
56.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
711
43.1% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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