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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr James Frith

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr James Frith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 579 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 556 different votes 579 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 105 shared votes
68 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
60 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% 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
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
13 of 13 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API