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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,605 shared comparable votes.

1,594 same votes 11 different votes 1,605 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
79 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
79 Aye 112 No
36 Aye 42 No
Trade 100% aligned 78 shared votes
36 Aye 42 No
40 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 197 shared votes
73 Aye 124 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
103 Aye 43 No
Migration 98% aligned 146 shared votes
106 Aye 40 No
79 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 143 shared votes
80 Aye 63 No
79 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
79 Aye 112 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 133 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,847
2,230 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
48.8% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
946
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 10 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
150
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
428
+276.6 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 92 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5

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