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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Mark Tami

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,571 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,505 different votes 1,571 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
18 Aye 21 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 149 shared votes
72 Aye 77 No
10 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,961
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,069
54.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
892
45.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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