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Sir John Whittingdale vs Helena Dollimore

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Helena Dollimore voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 288 different votes 294 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 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
238
52.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
85
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
104
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 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
£222,164
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£222,164
2% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API