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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sarah Sackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sarah Sackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 237 different votes 241 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
52.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
196
47.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
359
+215.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£206,246
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£206,246
9% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API