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Sir John Whittingdale vs Kevin Bonavia

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 Kevin Bonavia
Kevin Bonavia
Lab Stevenage

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Kevin Bonavia voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 266 different votes 270 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 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
Participation
84.9 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 647
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
537 eligible divisions
891
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
53.1 % of votes cast
986
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
46.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
Appearances
64
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647
Contributions
88
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£183,346
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£183,346
19 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API