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Sir John Whittingdale vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Jim McMahon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,387 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,330 different votes 1,387 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
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
57 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
106 Aye 59 No
66 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
61 Aye 65 No
7 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 109 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
109 Aye 71 No
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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