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Sir John Whittingdale vs Rachel Hopkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,090 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
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 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
84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
746
53.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
662
47.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
53 of 54 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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