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Sir John Whittingdale vs Kevin McKenna

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 302 different votes 306 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
522
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
50.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API