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Sir John Whittingdale vs John Healey

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 John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and John Healey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,167 different votes 1,213 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
13 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
110 Aye 63 No
76 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
37 Aye 78 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,432
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
56.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
619
43.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
46
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
417
+271.1 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£320,971
42% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
60 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Committee on Standards Motion 6 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API