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Sir John Whittingdale vs Steve Yemm

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 308 different votes 313 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
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
Participation
94.3 %
22 % above average
Rank 4 of 650
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
558 eligible divisions
903
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
270
51.3 % of votes cast
989
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
256
48.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
76
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
105
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
87
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£179,495
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,495
21 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 26 votes
Defence
59 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API