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Sir John Whittingdale vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rachel Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 283 different votes 289 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
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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