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Sir John Whittingdale vs Helen Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Helen Maguire voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 42 different votes 228 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 10 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
620 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
204
52.8% of votes cast
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
182
47.2% 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

86
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
185
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 650
121
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
219
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 139 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
£217,983
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£217,983
4% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API