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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Rupa Huq

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Rupa Huq voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,462 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,409 different votes 1,462 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 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
74 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
61 Aye 75 No
15 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
54.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
58
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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
£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£234,745
4% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 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