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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 291 different votes 297 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
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API