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Sir John Whittingdale vs Damien Egan

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 Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Damien Egan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 291 different votes 298 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
676 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
53.3% 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
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£245,488
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£233,152
3% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
21 of 23 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 31 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
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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