Compare

Sir John Whittingdale vs Naushabah Khan

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 Naushabah Khan
Naushabah Khan
Lab Gillingham and Rainham

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Naushabah Khan voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 260 different votes 270 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
47.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
32
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
38
-107.7 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£170,798
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£170,798
24% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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