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Sir John Whittingdale vs Laurence Turner

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Laurence Turner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 304 different votes 315 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
49.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
261
50.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API