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Sir John Whittingdale vs Lorraine Beavers

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 287 different votes 291 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
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
53.3 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
231
46.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
1.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API