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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.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 293 different votes 295 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
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 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
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 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

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
619 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
50.9% of votes cast
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
118
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650

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
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API