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Sir John Whittingdale vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,452 different votes 1,515 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
19 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
15 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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