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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,445 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,385 different votes 1,445 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
59 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
70 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 133 shared votes
62 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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