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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 2% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 267 different votes 273 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
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
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
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 650
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
564 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
220
47.7 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
241
52.3 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % 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
38
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
49
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 489 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6 % below average
10
6 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
156 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
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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