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Sir John Whittingdale vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 104 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 2 different votes 104 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
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
0
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
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API