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Sir John Whittingdale vs James Naish

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and James Naish voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 242 different votes 249 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
48.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
222
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.1% 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
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
213
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£186,058
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£186,058
18% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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