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Sir John Whittingdale vs Matthew Patrick

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
vs
Photograph of Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 258 different votes 263 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
564 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.0 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
233
51.0 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
1.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Appearances
21
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
105
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
72
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API