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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.

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of David Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and David Taylor voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 284 different votes 288 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
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 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
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 192 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 130 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
50.4 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
238
49.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
35
-103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 552 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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