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Sir John Whittingdale vs John Milne

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and John Milne voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

211 same votes 54 different votes 265 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 85% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
631 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
54.5% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
203
45.5% 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
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
175
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
121
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
200
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£163,162
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£163,162
28% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 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