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Sir John Whittingdale vs Gill German

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Gill German voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 256 different votes 263 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
46.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
230
53.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
21
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
28
-117.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£150,075
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£150,075
34% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API