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Sir John Whittingdale vs Lucy Rigby

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 Lucy Rigby
Lucy Rigby
Lab Northampton North

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Lucy Rigby voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 196 different votes 200 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
58.1%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
168
49.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
175
51.0% 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
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
221
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£163,015
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£163,015
28% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Transport
23 of 29 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
78 of 112 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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