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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Lee Dillon

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
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Photograph of Mr Lee Dillon
Mr Lee Dillon
LD Newbury

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Lee Dillon voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 193 shared comparable votes.

165 same votes 28 different votes 193 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
22 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
327
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
50.8 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
161
49.2 % 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
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
Appearances
38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 648
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648
Contributions
63
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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
£213,882
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,882
5 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
46 of 61 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
#4
Education
36 of 49 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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