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Sir John Whittingdale vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Joe Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 282 different votes 288 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 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
7 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
53.2% 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
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
120
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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