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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Richard Holden

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,089 shared comparable votes.

1,088 same votes 1 different votes 1,089 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
60 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
60 Aye 85 No
83 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
83 Aye 39 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
60 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
60 Aye 85 No
83 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
83 Aye 39 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 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
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
1,594 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
48.8 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
654
51.2 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API