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Sir John Whittingdale vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Yuan Yang voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 280 different votes 288 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 169 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
36
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API