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Sir John Whittingdale vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 273 different votes 287 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% 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
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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