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Sir John Whittingdale vs Pam Cox

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Pam Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 297 different votes 301 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.6% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
50.4% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£158,740
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£158,740
30% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API