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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 312 different votes 318 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
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
111
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API