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Sir John Whittingdale vs Karl Turner

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 Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Ind Kingston upon Hull East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Karl Turner voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,091 different votes 1,137 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
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
61 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,353
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
784
57.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
569
42.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
21
-124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
58 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Jury trials 7 Jan 2026
Aye
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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