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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

1,335 same votes 33 different votes 1,368 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
71 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 178 shared votes
71 Aye 107 No
13 Aye 32 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 32 No
Migration 94% aligned 117 shared votes
78 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 25 No
Transport 97% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 97% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,527
2,417 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
733
48.0% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
794
52.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
64
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
71
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 82 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
119 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
67 of 98 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API