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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 313 different votes 321 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
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 8 of 650
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
558 eligible divisions
903
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
265
50.9 % of votes cast
989
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
256
49.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.3 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
57
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
105
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Contributions
77
-46.8 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API