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Sir John Whittingdale vs Lee Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

1,008 same votes 17 different votes 1,025 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
42 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
42 Aye 82 No
27 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 95% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 11 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
86 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
89 Aye 37 No
65 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
42 Aye 82 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 192 of 649
Participation
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
50.1 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
618
49.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API