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Sir John Whittingdale vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 241 different votes 242 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
12 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API