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Sir John Whittingdale vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Priti Patel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,314 same votes 4 different votes 1,318 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
76 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
76 Aye 112 No
66 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 187 shared votes
66 Aye 121 No
75 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
75 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 40 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
59 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 111 shared votes
58 Aye 53 No
76 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
76 Aye 112 No
66 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 187 shared votes
66 Aye 121 No
75 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
75 Aye 28 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 192 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,458
2,361 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
45.5 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
795
54.5 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API