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Sir John Whittingdale vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

1,139 same votes 6 different votes 1,145 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
61 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
61 Aye 88 No
60 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
60 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
97 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 137 shared votes
94 Aye 43 No
61 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
61 Aye 88 No
60 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
60 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
118
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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