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Sir John Whittingdale vs Martin Wrigley

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Martin Wrigley voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

197 same votes 51 different votes 248 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
22 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
51.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
204
48.8% 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
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
143
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£166,549
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£166,549
26% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
25 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