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Sir John Whittingdale vs Marie Goldman

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Marie Goldman voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

205 same votes 49 different votes 254 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
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 75% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 410 of 650
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
620 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
54.6% of votes cast
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
199
45.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
62
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
87
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 425 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
£150,033
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£150,033
34% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API