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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sammy Wilson

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

976 same votes 273 different votes 1,249 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
10 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
68 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 192 shared votes
69 Aye 123 No
17 Aye 17 No
Energy 91% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 53% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 25 No
Migration 60% aligned 92 shared votes
58 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 60% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 62% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
69 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 66% aligned 122 shared votes
75 Aye 47 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10D 17 Apr 2024
No
Aye
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 4 19 Mar 2024
Trade
Aye
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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