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Sir John Whittingdale vs Tony Vaughan

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 Tony Vaughan
Tony Vaughan
Lab Folkestone and Hythe

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Tony Vaughan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 264 different votes 269 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
564 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.4 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
227
49.6 % 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
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
43
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
67
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£231,055
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,055
2 % above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API