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Sir John Whittingdale vs Georgia Gould

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Georgia Gould voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 186 different votes 190 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
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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 189 of 649
Participation
57.7 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
328
568 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
49.1 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
167
50.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
83
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
104
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
279
+145.6 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£224,197
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£224,197
1 % below 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API