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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Simon Opher
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.
6 same votes
283 different votes
289 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.5%
8% above average
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API