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Sir John Whittingdale vs Matt Turmaine

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Matt Turmaine voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 different votes 320 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
91.0%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
537
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
258
48.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
40
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£150,619
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£150,619
33% below average
10
6 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API