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Sir John Whittingdale vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Jesse Norman voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

1,507 same votes 8 different votes 1,515 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
88 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
88 Aye 115 No
72 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
72 Aye 67 No
38 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 83 shared votes
38 Aye 45 No
40 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 46 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
18 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
69 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 193 shared votes
70 Aye 123 No
88 Aye 115 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
88 Aye 115 No
72 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
72 Aye 67 No
38 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 83 shared votes
38 Aye 45 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 376 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.1% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
928
53.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
57
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
108
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API