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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 255 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 251 different votes 255 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
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
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 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 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
89.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 650
1,896
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
565 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
51.3 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
247
48.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Appearances
9
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
105
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
Contributions
11
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650

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
8
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
37 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API