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Sir John Whittingdale vs Rachel Reeves

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,059 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
10 Aye 13 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 24 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
56 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 162 shared votes
104 Aye 58 No
6 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
23 Aye 91 No
26 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 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
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
57.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
509
42.8% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
535
+391.5 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
166 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 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