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Sir John Whittingdale vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Darling voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 44 different votes 242 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
27 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 11 No
Benefits 77% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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