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Sir John Whittingdale vs Melanie Onn

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 Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Melanie Onn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 748 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 719 different votes 748 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 2 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
39 Aye 85 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 124 shared votes
85 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 73 No
Tax 0% aligned 133 shared votes
73 Aye 60 No
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
49.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
222
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
94 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No
No
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API