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Victoria Atkins vs Sir John Whittingdale

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

Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Victoria Atkins and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,711 shared comparable votes.

1,692 same votes 19 different votes 1,711 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
96 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
96 Aye 136 No
111 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 153 shared votes
111 Aye 42 No
72 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
72 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
16 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 197 shared votes
71 Aye 126 No
22 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
96 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
96 Aye 136 No
111 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 153 shared votes
111 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 177 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
1,936
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,388 eligible divisions
937
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
999
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
34
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Contributions
112
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£241,610
7% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No rebel
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API