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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sarah Pochin

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 108 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 6 different votes 108 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
7 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
60.0 %
13 % below average
Rank 581 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
204
340 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
85
41.7 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
119
58.3 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.4 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
Appearances
63
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 648
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648
Contributions
75
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£0
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
7 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API