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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,115 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
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
63 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 107 shared votes
43 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
25 years, 10 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
6
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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