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Sir John Whittingdale vs Keir Mather

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Keir Mather voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 353 different votes 364 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 8 No
Migration 11% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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