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Sir John Whittingdale vs Samantha Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 494 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 473 different votes 494 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API