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Sir John Whittingdale vs Jim Dickson

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
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Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 311 different votes 316 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 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
135
+53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
151
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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