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Sir John Whittingdale vs Kirsty Blackman

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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,056 different votes 1,117 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
60 Aye 106 No
Tax 19% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
13 Aye 16 No
Energy 14% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 17 No
Transport 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API