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Sir John Whittingdale vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 831 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 797 different votes 831 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 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
66 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 97 shared votes
28 Aye 69 No
26 Aye 8 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 91 shared votes
41 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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