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Sir John Whittingdale vs Lee Pitcher

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Lee Pitcher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 315 different votes 321 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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 38 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
522
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.6% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
138
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
196
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 136 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
£173,077
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£173,077
23% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API