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Sir John Whittingdale vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,485 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,433 different votes 1,485 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
58 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
110 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 43 No
Education 3% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 133 shared votes
62 Aye 71 No
9 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
35 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API