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Sir John Whittingdale vs Matt Rodda

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
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Photograph of Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Matt Rodda voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,395 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
16 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
69 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
56 Aye 70 No
12 Aye 39 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
41 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
57 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
95 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
34 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
791
45.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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