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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 478 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 469 different votes 478 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 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 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

80.5%
9% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,906
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
911
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
995
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
105
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
37 of 66 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API