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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 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,113 same votes 1 different votes 1,114 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
62 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
62 Aye 85 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 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
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
62 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
62 Aye 85 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 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

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
1,643 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.0 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
669
51.0 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
58
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API