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Sir John Whittingdale vs David Chadwick

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and David Chadwick voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 39 different votes 230 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
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 64% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 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
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 650
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
558 eligible divisions
903
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
53.4 % of votes cast
989
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
180
46.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
92
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
105
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Contributions
128
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
156 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API