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Sir John Whittingdale vs Rachel Taylor

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Rachel Taylor
Rachel Taylor
Lab North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 262 different votes 267 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
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
79.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 219 of 650
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
564 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
97
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
149
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API