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Sir John Whittingdale vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Pat McFadden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,273 different votes 1,325 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
15 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 32 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
34 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
64 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 177 shared votes
110 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 3% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
35
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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