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Sir John Whittingdale vs Steve Witherden

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 269 different votes 271 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
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 192 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
1,906
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
911
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.9% of votes cast
995
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
223
48.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
105
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
10
6 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API