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Sir John Whittingdale vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,060 different votes 1,120 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
51 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 106 shared votes
54 Aye 52 No
45 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 141 shared votes
95 Aye 46 No
46 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
23 Aye 49 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API