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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ms Julie Minns

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 302 different votes 306 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
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 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
85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 81 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
261
52.8 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
233
47.2 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
197
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API