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Sir John Whittingdale vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 46 different votes 244 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
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
117
+34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
112
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 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