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Sir John Whittingdale vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and James McMurdock voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 5 different votes 134 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
18 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API