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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 235 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 46 different votes 235 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
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 75% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 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

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
417
631 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
56.4% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
182
43.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
121
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
135
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 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