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Sir John Whittingdale vs Olly Glover

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Olly Glover voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 50 different votes 239 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
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 71% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 23 shared votes
17 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
395
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
53.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
182
46.1% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
177
+94.7 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
262
+118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£154,024
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£154,024
32% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API