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Sir John Whittingdale vs Luke Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Luke Taylor voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 44 different votes 224 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
20 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 3 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
55.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
174
44.3% 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
90
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
122
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 258 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API