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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 111 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 2 different votes 111 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
No topic data
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
No topic data
#4
No topic data
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API