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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 119 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 5 different votes 119 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
16 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 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
16 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 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

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
43.2 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
227
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
108
47.6 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
119
52.4 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 648
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648
Contributions
19
-88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 648

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
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
156 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Energy
11 of 17 votes
#4
Tax
68 of 108 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 31 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API