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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mike Martin voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

150 same votes 37 different votes 187 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
21 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 584 of 650
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
329
563 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
183
55.6 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
146
44.4 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
82
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
105
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
105
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
40
5 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
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Education
41 of 49 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API