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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.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 277 different votes 283 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
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
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 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
48.8% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
239
51.2% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
123
+40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
183
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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
£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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API