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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mark Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 256 different votes 261 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 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 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 187 of 649
Participation
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
47.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API