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Sir John Whittingdale vs Paul Davies

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Paul Davies voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 337 different votes 343 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 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
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 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
94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
51.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
272
48.9% 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
46
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
55
-90.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 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
£194,533
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£194,533
14% 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API