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Sir John Whittingdale vs Patrick Hurley

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Patrick Hurley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 303 different votes 316 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 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 55 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
52.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.1% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
85
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£214,468
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£214,468
5% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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