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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sarah Jones

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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sarah Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,163 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,122 different votes 1,163 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 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
58 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
95 Aye 63 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
55.6% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
44.4% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
552
+406.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
164 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API