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Sir John Whittingdale vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,597 shared comparable votes.

1,582 same votes 15 different votes 1,597 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
76 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
76 Aye 116 No
35 Aye 44 No
Trade 100% aligned 79 shared votes
35 Aye 44 No
39 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 172 shared votes
68 Aye 104 No
100 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 137 shared votes
103 Aye 34 No
76 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 141 shared votes
77 Aye 64 No
76 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 192 shared votes
76 Aye 116 No
35 Aye 44 No
Trade 100% aligned 79 shared votes
35 Aye 44 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,808
2,135 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
893
49.4% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
915
50.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
19
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
23
-128.4 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
83 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API