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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 128 shared comparable votes.

123 same votes 5 different votes 128 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 192 of 649
Participation
41.4 %
31 % below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
238
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
117
49.2 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
121
50.8 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
30
-108.3 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24 % below average
10
6 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 111 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 31 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API