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Sir John Whittingdale vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Liz Kendall voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,301 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,246 different votes 1,301 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
14 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
62 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 177 shared votes
113 Aye 64 No
15 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 117 shared votes
51 Aye 66 No
6 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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