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Sir John Whittingdale vs Jo Platt

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
vs
Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Jo Platt voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 586 different votes 601 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 3 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
33 Aye 77 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 110 shared votes
73 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 115 shared votes
62 Aye 53 No
14 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 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 189 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,897
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
570 eligible divisions
906
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
51.1 % of votes cast
991
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
215
48.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
107
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Contributions
42
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 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
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
No
Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act main motion 12 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
UK participation in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust): Post-adoption opt-in decision 16 Jan 2019
Crime / Justice
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API