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Sir John Whittingdale vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 292 different votes 298 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API