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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 252 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 250 different votes 252 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
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.9 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
205
47.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 648

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
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
17 of 17 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API