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Sir John Whittingdale vs Pamela Nash

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Pamela Nash
Pamela Nash
Lab Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Pamela Nash voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 255 different votes 258 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
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 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
79.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
49.2 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
213
50.8 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
9
-51.4 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
11
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£906,679
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£97,383
57 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 108 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API