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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,561 shared comparable votes.
1,544 same votes
17 different votes
1,561 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.3%
8% above average
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
47.1% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
177
+90.1 vs Commons average
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API