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Sir John Whittingdale vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Helen Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,540 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,480 different votes 1,540 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
20 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
75 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
60 Aye 76 No
16 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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