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Tom Gordon vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 47 different votes 236 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 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 98% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 69% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

199
+115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
282
+136.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API