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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.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Lee Dillon voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 30 different votes 204 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
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 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

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
60.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
183
52.6 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
165
47.4 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£213,882
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,882
5 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
46 of 62 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Education
37 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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