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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 275 different votes 282 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 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% 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
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

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