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Sir John Whittingdale vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Shivani Raja voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 0 different votes 221 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
23 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 574 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
321
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
157
48.9 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
164
51.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
3
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
3
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
18 of 22 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
#4
Transport
16 of 21 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API