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Sir John Whittingdale vs Kate Osborne

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Kate Osborne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 841 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 807 different votes 841 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
7 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
51 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 88 shared votes
36 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,065
1,658 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
548
51.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
517
48.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
1.4% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£344,831
52% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
131 of 154 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
41 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
50 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API