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Sir John Whittingdale vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,238 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,192 different votes 1,238 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
10 Aye 18 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
428
+282.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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