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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ed Davey voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 1,064 shared comparable votes.

171 same votes 893 different votes 1,064 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
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 26 No
Education 66% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 74 No
Tax 29% aligned 116 shared votes
72 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 40 shared votes
6 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
68 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 107 shared votes
36 Aye 71 No
55 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 163 shared votes
102 Aye 61 No
33 Aye 17 No
Trade 6% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 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 191 of 649
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
1,905
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
910
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
995
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
104
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API