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Sir John Whittingdale vs Gregor Poynton

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 263 different votes 268 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 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 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
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
3
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API