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Sir John Whittingdale vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Helen Grant voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,562 shared comparable votes.

1,550 same votes 12 different votes 1,562 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
79 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
79 Aye 118 No
72 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
66 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
39 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 76 shared votes
39 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 44 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
20 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
73 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 197 shared votes
76 Aye 121 No
79 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
79 Aye 118 No
72 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
66 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
47.2% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
927
52.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
16
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
28
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 590 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 94 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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