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Sir John Whittingdale vs Heidi Alexander

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 498 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 489 different votes 498 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
40 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 67 shared votes
54 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
118
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API