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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 80% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 48 different votes 242 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
53.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
186
46.3% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
133
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5

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