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Sir John Whittingdale vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,384 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,324 different votes 1,384 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
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
58 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
84
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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