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Sir John Whittingdale vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Jim Allister voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 12 different votes 225 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
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 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
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
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
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API