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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.

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Keir Mather voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 343 different votes 353 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
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 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 192 of 649
Participation
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
781 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
290
49.2 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
299
50.8 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

75
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
95
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
106
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Contributions
465
+327.4 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
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API