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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 163 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 159 different votes 163 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
6 of 7 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API