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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ruth Jones voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,054 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,018 different votes 1,054 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 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
64 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 113 shared votes
46 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API