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Sir John Whittingdale vs John Whitby

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and John Whitby voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 284 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
89.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 32 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.9 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
222
47.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
40
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
49
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£189,571
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£189,571
16 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API