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Sir John Whittingdale vs David Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and David Taylor voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 274 different votes 278 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 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
Participation
85.7 %
13 % above average
Rank 93 of 647
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
537 eligible divisions
891
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
50.0 % of votes cast
986
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.0 % 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

67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
Appearances
29
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 647
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647
Contributions
33
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API