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Sir John Whittingdale vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

285 same votes 0 different votes 285 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
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
109
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API