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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sarah Champion voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,309 different votes 1,368 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 92 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 150 shared votes
93 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
144 of 171 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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