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Sir John Whittingdale vs Kim Leadbeater

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 795 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 766 different votes 795 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
6 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,103
1,340 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
571
51.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
532
48.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
9
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 65 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5

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