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Sir John Whittingdale vs Josh Dean

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Josh Dean voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 327 different votes 333 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 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
275
49.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
114
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649
Contributions
60
-82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API